Hey what is the linux library called. Like the win32 one is called the WinAPI? Specifically the debian one.
- Cheers, Daniel
2006-09-06 19:53:38 · 4 answers · asked by Peter 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
You mean the kernel?
It depends on what type of you computer you have. If you have a standard 32 bit system then you'll want the i386 version of the kernel.
Once you have debian installed on your system using the RPM Package manager. Just do a search for the latest kernel or source.
Good luck!
2006-09-06 20:06:12 · answer #1 · answered by minnie0o0 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The equivalent of the WinAPI would probably be the kernel API. This would be for making system calls. If you needed to do something with images, you would use libpng or libjpg. Linux is very modular, meaning there isn't a single API, there will be an API for every library.
2006-09-07 03:10:43 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linux itself is modular, the APIs are not a whole lump meal like WinAPI; there is no name attached, but the central programming API would be the kernel-source.
Others are distributed as package, libXXX for APIs central to the system as a whole, XXX-devel for API #includes specific for a program.
2006-09-07 03:32:06 · answer #3 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linux is an operating system, not a programming language. One could write a program in a language such as C, but the trick is to learn enough of the Linux system calls so as to be able to do useful things.
2006-09-07 02:57:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋