cannot install programs

[Sam]

Ok, I installed the build-essential (Synaptic is GREAT). Just the following
problem: the following directory doesn't exist and is needed for all
installations: /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-386/build. What do I need to put in
it? I checked the directory /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-286 and it really doesn't
contain the map named build.

Sam


2006/10/22, Sam <theoneandonlysam at gmail.com>:
>
> Because I was new to Linux and it was just to try it out, I changed my
> computer to ubuntu. But because it's the same, could you give a quick
> overview of the things I need to do and the commands I need to enter?
>
> Sam
>
>
>
>
> 2006/10/22, Tez <binary_y2k2 at blueyonder.co.uk>:
> >
> > 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
> > >     > --
> > >
> >
> >
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