# problem installing libuuid-devel

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-installing-libuuid-devel/22974>\
**Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\
**Created:** [August 15, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-installing-libuuid-devel/22974 "2012-08-15T18:30:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![brad\_walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@brad\_walker](https://forums.suse.com/u/brad_walker)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-installing-libuuid-devel/22974/1 "2012-08-15T18:30:54Z")

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I am having a problem installing libuuid-devel and can’t figure out what is the problem.

[FONT=Courier New]nellis:/home/bwalker # zypper install libuuid-devel  
Refreshing service ‘nu\_novell\_com’.  
Loading repository data…  
Reading installed packages…  
‘libuuid-devel’ not found in package names. Trying capabilities.  
No provider of ‘libuuid-devel’ found.  
Resolving package dependencies…

Nothing to do.  
nellis:/home/bwalker #[/FONT]

I’ve made sure all my repositories are correct and it still fails. I’m fairly new to Linux administration but this one has me completely stumped.

Any ideas on how to fix this would be most appreciated.

Thanks.

-brad w.

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-installing-libuuid-devel/22974/2 "2012-08-15T18:56:15Z")

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> [@brad walker](#):
>
> I am having a problem installing libuuid-devel and can’t figure out what  
> is the problem.
> 
> nellis:/home/bwalker # zypper install libuuid-devel  
> Refreshing service ‘nu\_novell\_com’.  
> Loading repository data…  
> Reading installed packages…  
> ‘libuuid-devel’ not found in package names. Trying capabilities.  
> No provider of ‘libuuid-devel’ found.  
> Resolving package dependencies…
> 
> Nothing to do.  
> nellis:/home/bwalker #
> 
> I’ve made sure all my repositories are correct and it still fails. I’m  
> fairly new to Linux administration but this one has me completely  
> stumped.
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix this would be most appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -brad w.

Hi  
Assuming your using SLE 11 SP2, Do you have the SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core  
repository?

If not you will need to add the SLE SDK to your installation.

–  
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)  
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.34-0.7-default  
up 17 days 12:26, 5 users, load average: 0.39, 0.28, 0.30  
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU

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**Author:** ![brad\_walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@brad\_walker](https://forums.suse.com/u/brad_walker)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-installing-libuuid-devel/22974/3 "2012-08-15T20:41:32Z")

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Malcolm,

Yes, I am using SLES 11 SP2.

As per your suggestion, I installed the SDK to my installation.

What I did was download the iso images from Novell, added it to my repository using Yast, and then added the package that I was interested in.

I would never have known about the SDK without you mentioning it to me.

What can I get the SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates repos?

-brad w.

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-installing-libuuid-devel/22974/4 "2012-08-15T21:04:55Z")

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> [@brad walker](#):
>
> Malcolm,
> 
> Yes, I am using SLES 11 SP2.
> 
> As per your suggestion, I installed the SDK to my installation.
> 
> What I did was download the iso images from Novell, added it to my  
> repository using Yast, and then added the package that I was interested  
> in.
> 
> I would never have known about the SDK without you mentioning it to  
> me.
> 
> What can I get the SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates repos?
> 
> -brad w.

Hi  
Add the SDK via YaST → Add on products and point to your iso image, it  
will do the rest and add online and update repositories for the SDK.

–  
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)  
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.34-0.7-default  
up 17 days 14:22, 4 users, load average: 0.35, 0.36, 0.35  
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU