on 10/11/01 12:11 PM, Carl & Paula Zeilon at PCZeilon at att.net wrote: > I'm trying to install a program from source code. In running "configure", > I get error messages about confdefs.h I assume this is because there is > no such file in my system. Anybody know what package to install to get > this file? Mandrake 8.0 This kind of problem always happens to me. Is > there any easy way to locate these kinds of required files without always > posting? First of all find out if what that particular package needs and any known problems w/ compiling. You should try to find the file in your system... "locate confdefs.h" "find / -name "confdef.h" -print I also run into problems sometimes w/ the kernel symlinks. If these are not created it causes problems w/ some source code. Hasn't happend to me since RH 6.2 but I always make sure my kernels are symlinked. Goto the kernel directory and run "make symlinks". Should work... After that It's a matter of finding what packages you need. Maybe that particular package is simply configured incorrectly... Knowing what package you are trying to install may be a big help here also. sim