cannot install programs

[Tez]

You'll want the package "build-essential", not just make
("build-essential" includes make), and it should work without an
internet connection as the package, as well as make, is on the install CD.

Tez

Sam wrote:
> So it wont work because the file I want to install is the driver and
> utility for my usb-wlan-stick. I can only connect my computer to the
> internet when this tarball is installed.
>
> Sam
>
>
>
> 2006/10/22, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com
> <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>>:
>
>     Just a short one; you definitely must be connected to run these
>     commands
>     as they pick up from the internet repositories and not from your
>     disk or
>       a CD
>
>     sinclair
>
>     Sam wrote:
>     > I'll give it a try, will this work without a connection to the
>     internet?
>     > I'll run the following commands: apt-get install make and apt-get
>     > install module-assistant.
>     >
>     > Thanks for your help,
>     >
>     >
>     > Sam
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > From: Daniel Pittman < daniel at rimspace.net
>     <mailto:daniel at rimspace.net> <mailto:daniel at rimspace.net
>     <mailto:daniel at rimspace.net>>>
>     > To:  kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>     <mailto:kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>     <mailto:kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>     <mailto:kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>>
>     > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:42:56 +1000
>     > Subject: Re: cannot install programs
>     > Sam < theoneandonlysam at gmail.com
>     <mailto:theoneandonlysam at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:theoneandonlysam at gmail.com
>     <mailto:theoneandonlysam at gmail.com>>> writes:
>     >
>     >>  When I try to install a program, the Konsole always give me
>     always an
>     >>  answer that the command make or another command I tried, doesn't
>     >>  exist.
>     >
>     > Well, that would probably be because they are not installed on the
>     > computer.  The tools to build C software are not part of the basic
>     > installation of Ubuntu because they are relatively specialized.
>     >
>     > What you want to do is install the appropriate packages.  For
>     'make' the
>     > package is, er, 'make.'
>     >
>     > For everything else you can search for an appropriate package by
>     using
>     > the "search the content of packages" option at
>     > http://packages.ubuntu.com/ to find which packages you need to
>     install.
>     >
>     > However:
>     >
>     >>  I tried to install the following:
>     >>
>     >>  http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-167g/Linux_1036.zip.
>     >>  It's a driver and a utility to get my USB-WLAN-adapter to work.
>     >
>     > This is really not the best way to achieve your results.  Ubuntu
>     ship
>     > the rt2500 driver source as an appropriate package, so the best
>     way to
>     > get it compiled would be to install the 'module-assistant' package.
>     >
>     > Then, run 'sudo m-a' in a shell and follow the prompts to have it
>     > install the software needed to compile drivers, then build and
>     install
>     > the rt2500 driver for you.
>     >
>     > That should require significantly less effort than trying to build
>     > software by hand.
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     >        Daniel
>     > --
>