by southlux »Everytime I try installing stuff in Linux I get reminded why so many people use Windoze
Oh no, another one of these,..........zzzzzz .
If the OP prefers the other OS, then that is what they need to use.
by southlux »I guess I will have to find some other forum to help with this?
If you want to use Debian, then there is no need to look for another forum, of course if you don't like this one, that is fine as well, no problem.
If you prefer Windows, and it sounds like you do, any other Linux forum will not be the
right place for you. Your best option would be to use the OS you like, and ask them
on their forum, I am sure Microsoft and it's affiliates have some kind of software you can pay them for, and get support as needed, at a price.
by stevepusser » Because I can very probably just rebuild their janus properly for Stretch for an openSUSE build service Debian repository.
Steve has offered to maybe help you rebuild this package properly for Stretch, and at no charge,...
Another option would be to upgrade to "testing", buster:
If you looked at the link I showed before:
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=janus
The package is NOT available for Debian Stretch, however it is available for
"Testing" Buster,............
https://packages.debian.org/buster/janus
And then help out with the developement and testing of this new package.
But if all you want is a easy "free meal" and don't want to do any real work,
that is not a good option. I think you would be best off just using your MS windows,
and go to their forums.
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https://packages.debian.org/buster/libmicrohttpd12
Post by southlux » 2017-08-03 08:04
Hi, I am a linux noob.
I am trying to install janus-gateway on Debian stretch. Part of the installation suggests apt-get install libmicrohttpd.
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E: Unable to locate package libmicrohttpd
It can not find the package, because you are using the wrong name.
As pointed out by Steve,
Post by stevepusser » 2017-08-03 15:38
Your question should be "How can I install libmicrohttpd headers in Stretch?" The instructions you were using don't apply to Debian specifically.
If you want to compile a program to use a certain library, you'll have to install the headers package, which is separate as part of Debian packaging policy, and in this case called "libmicrohttpd-dev". Installing just the runtime library won't help you build your program, and Debian also has a version as part of this package name, so a user can have different runtime versions installed at once (often useful). The Stretch runtime is called libmicrohttpd12.
by southlux »You should get demerits for not reading my post. I tried installing these packages with apt and I indicated the error that I received from the attempting to install ' libmicrohttpd-dev'
I have looked through the posts, but no where do I see that you tried installing :
'libmicrohttpd-dev' as instructed to.
Anyway, yes , it can be some what difficult for any one, not just "new to linux", but
long time , experienced users, it can be difficult to install some packages, there are "hoops" to jump through and tricks to learn. And for MS windows lovers, it is all to
complicated and difficult, so they just keep being used by MS, and using it,...no problem
we understand, and nobody will miss you.