Problems with 8.04.1

[Nils Kassube]

Gerald I. Evenden wrote:
> I just installed a downloaded DVD of Kubuntu 8.04.1 amd64 to replace my
> outdated Dapper.  The installation was a little ragged but managed on
> the last run to get to 96% and a statement that it was removing
> unnecessary file and then it just went into hyperspace.  Hitting the
> power button caused a GRUB boot into the new system and everything
> seemed to work  ... up to a point.
>
> One can do a "gcc hello.c" but gcc can't find the stdio.h header file.
>  In fact, the /usr/include directory is nearly empty.

Install package "build-essential" and you can compile simple programs. For 
more complicated things you will need extra development packages. The 
names of these development packages are those ending with "-dev" - which 
development packages you need depends on the libraries you want to use.


Nils