Re: Cannot compile the kernel
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 01:52:20PM +0200, Jon Haugsand wrote:
> * Andreas Janssen
> > Looks like you are missing some files. Did you install libc6-dev?
>
> Not that I can remember. Shouldn't this be taken care of by the
> package system?
You said you installed the kernel-source from a .tar.bz2, not a package.
The kernel-source packages do recommend libc6-dev. gcc also only
recommends libc6-dev because it's sometimes used standalone.
> Anyway, I just saw another recommendation:
>
> apt-get install kernel-package
>
> However, I couldn't find anything residing on /usr/src, so this was
> obviously wrong.
>
> In Redhat and SuSE the kernel just is there. But in Debian it is
> nowhere.
That's what the kernel-source-(VERSION) packages are for.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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