<p>When using apt-get I see some packages have a "dev" suffix after their names:</p> <pre class="prettyprint"><code>libreadline5 libreadline-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev </code></pre> <p>What are these exactly and should I install them?</p>

The "dev" suffix in package names?

When using apt-get I see some packages have a "dev" suffix after their names:

libreadline5
libreadline-dev
zlib1g
zlib1g-dev

What are these exactly and should I install them?

678

asked Aug 27 '10 21:08

You need these to compile and link as they provide headers and libraries to link whereas the standard packages just contain the run-time versions.

191

answered Oct 23 '22 08:10

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