Re: How to compile in Debian?

["Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net>]

Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: How to compile in Debian?


On 8/25/05, Teilhard Knight <teilhk@crosswinds.net> wrote:
> Suppose you want to compile your drivers for your wireless adapter, which 
> is
> what I actually want to do. If I am not mistaken, I need a build symbolic
> link in "uname -r" to the kernel-source, and I need a linux symbolic link
> from /usr/src where to the kernel source too, which also resides there.
>
> Now, uname -r is for me: 2.6.8-2-686-smp, and the kernel source for a 
> 2.6.8
> in the distribution only is found with Debian version 16 (2.6.8-16). Are 
> the
> kernel source and my kernel compatible?
>
> Well, I am a newbie in Debian, and I am translating the little I know 
> about
> Mandrake. First think that called my attention was that after a fresh
> install of Debian, the directory /usr/src, was empty.
>
> I would appreciate any help you can give me to compile my drivers. And 
> yes,
> I have Googled but without luck.

apt-get install module-assistant
m-a prepare

That'll install the right kernel headers for you.

Thank you very much. I did as you said, but when I issue the command "m-a 
prepare", I get the warning: "/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8 seems to contain 
unconfigured kernel source". Is that bad?, and if so, how can I configure my 
kernel source? I know how to configure the kernel, but not the kernel 
source. I aborted and still the program installed the package "build 
essential". I issued the command again and the warning keeps coming up. 
Could you tell me what to do?. Thanks.

Teilhard.