Re: Upgrading to kernel 2.4

[Mike Dresser <mdresser@windsormachine.com>]

try finding the ncurses-dev.  I've ran into that problem on the make
menuconfig, and putting ncurses-dev in, fixes it
also, install cpp

apt-get install libncurses5-dev
apt-get install cpp

Henry Gomersall wrote:

> I need to upgrade my base system to kernel 2.4 because the drivers for
> my ethernet card are simply not in kernel 2.2 (and they are in 2.4). I
> have downloaded gcc and make and installed them (I think). When i run
> 'make dep' after 'make config', I get the following error:>gcc:
> installation problem, cannot exec 'cpp' : No such file >or
> directory.any suggestions anyone?Also when I try and do 'make
> menuconfig', it says something about not being able to find the
> Ncurses libraries. I have installed these libraries though (again - i
> think!).Sorry for the blatant ignorance shown by these questions, but
> everyone's got to learn somewhere.Thanks