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Use the more complicated version of the software center, Synaptic, to get libraries, and search for it in there. You almost never have to actually *download* libs or software from websites.
I'm seeing a library called clanlib2 in the repos, try that before anything else. If that failed, yes, you'll have to compile. (Note: this is pretty rare.)
In that case, before anything else, install build-essentials (from Synaptic) so you make your system actually able to compile code in the first place. Then open the "INSTALL" file that comes with your downloaded tarball (the tar.gz or tar.bz2 file) with a text editor for further instructions on how to install that specific software.
I'm seeing a library called clanlib2 in the repos, try that before anything else. If that failed, yes, you'll have to compile. (Note: this is pretty rare.)
In that case, before anything else, install build-essentials (from Synaptic) so you make your system actually able to compile code in the first place. Then open the "INSTALL" file that comes with your downloaded tarball (the tar.gz or tar.bz2 file) with a text editor for further instructions on how to install that specific software.
