I am in B.E(I.T). I want to make career in Linux in India but i don't understand how to make career in Linux. I want to be Linux developer. i don't understand from where to start? plz,plz ,plz help

At the very least you're going to need these:
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-G...tml/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

Then you'll need to decide what kind of development you want to do eg DB, kernel, desktop/GUI etc.

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Answer the following questions:

Do you want to develop applications for Linux ?
----Means you want to write code for improvement of existing Linux applications like Kde/Kdevelop etc.

Do you want to develop applications in Linux environment ?
----Means you want to write C/C++/Java etc programs for your own need or for your company's need, using Linux environment.

Our further guidance to you will depend on your response/answers !
and kindly do not use incomplete words like 'plz'. People find them irritating here.

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yes, i want to write code for improvement of existing linux.
and i also want to develop application for linux.

i am reading linux from scratch e-book. i have problem while compiling gcc
package.ERROR MESSAGE IS: configure: error: Building GCC requires GMP 4.1+ and MPFR 2.3.2+.
Try the --with-gmp and/or --with-mpfr options to specify their locations.
Copies of these libraries' source code can be found at their respective
hosting sites as well as at ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/infrastructure/.
See also http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html for additional info.
If you obtained GMP and/or MPFR from a vendor distribution package, make
sure that you have installed both the libraries and the header files.
They may be located in separate packages."

i have gmp and mpfr package but i don't know how to link it to the gcc compiler. help needed

The line
says it all. You have the packages, but not the development headers. Install them. If you'd like a career in Linux, learning how to do basic troubleshooting, would be worth learning. A quick Google search turned up the answer to this.

Also, open a new thread for a new question.

Hi, if you want to develop for Linux I'd recommend you get involved in some open source projects. Basically for the first year at least you'll probably spend most of it reading the code more than writing the code. That doesn't mean you won't write code but in terms of contributing to a fairly mature project you need to get to a certain skill level.

You also need to learn about source control. Git and Subversion are generally the two major players, you won't go far wrong learning them.

C++ is worthwhile but it can be tricky getting up to speed on it. Python might be more valuable. Obviously I am assuming your starting fresh so Python will let you learn the basics faster than C++. There will be a bit of work moving from Python to C++ but at least you'll be more proficient in coding. Python is a friendlier language that C++ / C.

Prepare to read. If you want to do something in Linux you need to be prepared to RTFM. That is a good thing, learning to read technical information is a skill many developers don't strive for the way they should do.

Good luck squire.

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If you contribute code to any of the open source projects (which should be acceptable to the developer team of that project), you can add it gracefully to your resume (with proof of course) and thus create a nice first impression for your first job.

Links:
http://www.kegel.com/academy/opensource.html
and
http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/contributing.xml

and
This Link is w.r.t Kde,
http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebas...ml#programming

AND IF YOU CAN GET INTO THE FOLLOWING IT WILL BE A GREAT START FOR YOU
Android

Links:
http://source.android.com/discuss
and
http://source.android.com/submit-patches


Here if you mean to say that you want to develop applications using Linux environment, the basics you need to know are as follows:
i. gcc compiler options
do man gcc and you can search gcc tutorials online too

ii. gdb -the debugger

iii. make files
link: http://www.opussoftware.com/tutorial/TutMakefile.htm
link: http://web.mit.edu/gnu/doc/html/make_3.html

iv. autotools
link: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html
link: http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/ma...roduction.html

v. C language (in depth)
Book name: C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie
It is extremely necessary to know this book in and out for a great career start w.r.t C.


LAST OF ALL,

YOU NEED TO HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF PATIENCE FOR ALL THE ABOVE THINGS, THEY ARE NOT EASY

BUT ONCE YOU KNOW THEM THOROUGHLY, NOTHING CAN STOP YOUR CAREER DEVELOPMENT w.r.t LINUX

i am in last year engg. my branch is IT. i know c,c++,java i worked with this language in xp OS. i know basic of Linux. but i want to make career in linux.i want to develop application for linux

So what is your passion? Do you enjoy desktop applications, web applications? Don't just go where the money is, go where you will be happy. I finally found close to my dream job. I get to play in Unix / and linux land almost all day long. But I did take a small pay cut Where I could be making about 10 to 15k more but I know it would not be half as fun.

Just something to think about.

Kindly explain what did you not understand in my post number 9 ?

i enjoy both application but i enjoy desktop application a lot. i agree with you that "Don't just go where the money is, go where you will be happy".i like to work with linux. i start using linux just 2 month ago. i find it very interesting to work with linux than windows. now i want to make career in this. i know c,c++,java.i am reading linux from scratch ebook. whether is this useful for making career in linux?

how to join open source project? what is procedure?

also please tell me how to start new post on this site?