I had the same problem last night when I tried to compile on my laptop. You need to install one of the ????-dev libraries. For example look above the error. The library I was missing was ncurses-dev. This should fix your problem for make menuconfig, and maybe the other.
-----Original Message----- From: Gary L. Hennigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Nico Fritschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 9:48 AM Subject: Re: Having problems compiling a kernel >Nico Fritschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >| I am using Debian 1.3.1 with the 2.0.30 kernel. My version of gcc is >| 2.7.1 . I wanted to compile a kernel. The first problem was that i >| wasn't able to use "make menuconfig" (error was: make error 1) and "make >| xconfig" so i used "make config". After having all set up I made a "make >| dep" and "make clear" and then "make zImage". All seemed working fine >| but suddenly it stopped with the error message "make error 2". So I >| tried some other possibilities, but they didn't work. >| >| I decided to download the kernel 2.0.34 source and installed it. "make >| menuconfig" did still not work, but "make xconfig" did. So I set >| everything up again and did the same steps as before and the same error >| occurred. >| >| It would be nice if someone out there could help me. > >First, are you using the kernel-source-<version>.deb to install the >kernel source? It's not absolutely necessary but it does ease things >somewhat. It's in the "devel" section of dselect. > >Second, I'd suggest using the kernel-package package. You can find it >in your dselect menu in the "misc" section. It is the standard way to >build custom kernels under Debian. After you've done make >config/menuconfig/xconfig you essentially do a > >make-kpkg --revision <your version> kernel_image > >and it builds a kernel*.deb file in /usr/src that you just install >like any other debian package with > >dpkg -i kernel*.deb > >As to why make menuconfig, or make xconfig aren't working for you, I >haven't a clue. The kernel source is supposed to come with everything >required to make these work, but it's been a LONG time since I >installed from the raw kernel source so maybe that's the problem? Or >perhaps they only work with gcc 2.7.2.x? > >Good Luck! >Gary > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
