# Installing -src / -devel -packages
**URL:** https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-src-devel-packages/21863
**Category:** SLES Configure-Administer
**Created:** [November 13, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-src-devel-packages/21863 "2011-11-13T00:06:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-src-devel-packages/21863/1 "2011-11-13T00:06:02Z")
Dear SLESler,
we just bought our first SLES11 SP1 servers. So it’s the first time for
me to be in tough with SLES, we’re used to work with openSuSE.
For installing mod\_deflate of Apache httpd, the compiler requires zlib.
So I tried to add it, like I was used to with openSuSE, so I issued
zypper -n -q in zlib / zypper -n -q is zlib to install the package and
it’s dependencys. Unfortunately the package doesn’t appear to be
installed after my command. As you can see in following capture, the
package isn’t installed before, pretends to install and after the
“installation” it’s still not installed.
So I tried to install the stuff through YaST, but I had to wonder why
the -devel package aren’t been listed at all.
So do you have an idea, how to add such packages?
Best Regards,
Sven
luawebsrv5:/tmp # zypper se zlib
Retrieving repository ‘PK\_TMP\_DIR’ metadata [done]
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
S | Name | Summary | Type
–±-----------±-------------------------±----------
| php5-zlib | PHP5 Extension Module | package
| zlib | Data Compression Library | srcpackage
i | zlib | Data Compression Library | package
i | zlib-32bit | Data Compression Library | package
luawebsrv5:/tmp # zypper -n -q si zlib
The following source package is going to be installed:
zlib
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-src-devel-packages/21863/2 "2011-11-13T00:33:10Z")
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:06:02 GMT
TauwSLT [TauwSLT@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:TauwSLT@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote:
[color=blue]
> Dear SLESler,
>
> we just bought our first SLES11 SP1 servers. So it’s the first time
> for me to be in tough with SLES, we’re used to work with openSuSE.
>
> For installing mod\_deflate of Apache httpd, the compiler requires
> zlib. So I tried to add it, like I was used to with openSuSE, so I
> issued zypper -n -q in zlib / zypper -n -q is zlib to install the
> package and it’s dependencys. Unfortunately the package doesn’t
> appear to be installed after my command. As you can see in following
> capture, the package isn’t installed before, pretends to install and
> after the “installation” it’s still not installed.
>
> So I tried to install the stuff through YaST, but I had to wonder why
> the -devel package aren’t been listed at all.
>
> So do you have an idea, how to add such packages?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Sven
>
> luawebsrv5:/tmp # zypper se zlib
> Retrieving repository ‘PK\_TMP\_DIR’ metadata [done]
> Loading repository data…
> Reading installed packages…
>
> S | Name | Summary | Type
> –±-----------±-------------------------±----------
> | php5-zlib | PHP5 Extension Module | package
> | zlib | Data Compression Library | srcpackage
> i | zlib | Data Compression Library | package
> i | zlib-32bit | Data Compression Library | package
> luawebsrv5:/tmp # zypper -n -q si zlib
>
> The following source package is going to be installed:
> zlib
> [/color]
> Hi
> You need to grab the SLE 11 SP1 SDK for devel files;
[http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=zzeQqpY9nK4~](http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=zzeQqpY9nK4~)
Download the iso image and save to the server somewhere, then use YaST
Add on Product to add the iso image, it will add the online
repositories and update one.
–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop
up 4 days 0:18, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.11, 0.18
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-src-devel-packages/21863/3 "2011-11-24T17:16:02Z")
Thank you. That solved my issue.
Best Regards
Sven
malcolmlewis;2153367 Wrote:[color=blue]
> On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:06:02 GMT
> TauwSLT [TauwSLT@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:TauwSLT@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote:
> [color=green]
>
> > Dear SLESler,
> >
> > we just bought our first SLES11 SP1 servers. So it’s the first time
> > for me to be in tough with SLES, we’re used to work with openSuSE.
> >
> > For installing mod\_deflate of Apache httpd, the compiler requires
> > zlib. So I tried to add it, like I was used to with openSuSE, so I
> > issued zypper -n -q in zlib / zypper -n -q is zlib to install the
> > package and it’s dependencys. Unfortunately the package doesn’t
> > appear to be installed after my command. As you can see in following
> > capture, the package isn’t installed before, pretends to install and
> > after the “installation” it’s still not installed.
> >
> > So I tried to install the stuff through YaST, but I had to wonder[/color]
> > why[color=green]
> > the -devel package aren’t been listed at all.
> >
> > So do you have an idea, how to add such packages?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Sven
> >
> > luawebsrv5:/tmp # zypper se zlib
> > Retrieving repository ‘PK\_TMP\_DIR’ metadata [done]
> > Loading repository data…
> > Reading installed packages…
> >
> > S | Name | Summary | Type
> > –±-----------±-------------------------±----------
> > | php5-zlib | PHP5 Extension Module | package
> > | zlib | Data Compression Library | srcpackage
> > i | zlib | Data Compression Library | package
> > i | zlib-32bit | Data Compression Library | package
> > luawebsrv5:/tmp # zypper -n -q si zlib
> >
> > The following source package is going to be installed:
> > zlib
> > [/color]
> > Hi
> > You need to grab the SLE 11 SP1 SDK for devel files;
>
> ‘NOVELL: Downloads - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11
> SP1’ ([http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=zzeQqpY9nK4~](http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=zzeQqpY9nK4~))
>
> Download the iso image and save to the server somewhere, then use YaST
> Add on Product to add the iso image, it will add the online
> repositories and update one.
>
> –
> Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
> openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop
> up 4 days 0:18, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.11, 0.18
> GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09[/color]
## – TauwSLT
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