Re: question regarding compiling the kernel

[Matthew Dalton <matthewd@research.canon.com.au>]

joseph de los santos wrote:
> 
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts'
> > wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk
> > make: wish: Command not found
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > make: *** [xconfig] Error 127
> > debian:/usr/src/linux#
> >
> > what am I missing here? is there a way to know what and where exactly to
> look
> >for along those lines should this "missing" thing occurs again?

You're missing the tcl and tk packages (tcl8.0 and tk8.0 packages should
be okay) which are required to run the configuration program. Either
install these packages, or use "make menuconfig" instead of "make
xconfig".

Matthew