XPlat Linux Libraries for C (XPlat) contains all of the required linker and header files that you need to develop Novell® related applications on Linux.
You don’t need to install the Novell Client™ for Linux. However, some operations (such as mapping network drives) won’t work unless the Novell Client for Linux is installed.
If you already have the Novell Client for Linux or Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) installed, you only need to install the devel and header packages from XPlat for application development.