Re: LT WinModem and kernel headers

[Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com>]

Brett Parker wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 03:34:44PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am an experienced programmer who still has a lot to learn/remember 
> > about *nix.
> >
> > I am trying to get my LT WinModem running under potato 2.2.19pre17 #1  I 
> > have downloaded what seem to be the files I need.  Running the install 
> > script appropriate for Debian I get this which I believe is the relevant 
> > part of the script output:
> >
> > checking for make... yes
> > checking for ld... yes
> > Checking for kernel headers
> >   ... in /usr/src/linux: nope
> >   ... in /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17: nope
> >   ... in /usr/src/linux-2.2.19pre17: nope
> > ERROR: No kernel headers found.
> >   If you have kernel headers installed but configure did not
> >   find them, please try --with-kernel=dir, otherwise please
> >   install the kernel headers from your distribution.
> > make: Nothing to be done for `debian'.
> > The configuration utility is absent!
> >
> >
> > How can I tell what headers are missing?  Duh!  Should I go read the 
> > install script?
> >
> > How do I install them?
> >
> > I have been reading anything I can to get a basic understanding here. 
> > Any suggestions of what to read or what to do would be very welcome.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Paul Scott
>
> have you got the kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17 package installed? if not,
> that's what you are missing.


From reading the build_deb script that I was using I see that I need to 
read the Makefile to understand the next level but in case that doesn't 
answer my question:

How do I determine whether that package is installed?  With dpkg or 
apt-get?  Where should the headers be?

Thanks,

Paul