*- On 24 Oct, Darxus wrote about "packages needed to compile kernel ?" > > I just reinstalled debian and used the dialup profile. I'm trying to > compile kernel v2.2.13, and getting the following error when I do make > menuconfig: > > d-bm6-17:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig > rm -f include/asm > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > make -C scripts/lxdialog all > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/scripts/lxdialog' > gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE > -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>" -c lxdialog.c -o lxdialog.o > In file included from lxdialog.c:22: > dialog.h:22: sys/types.h: No such file or directory > dialog.h:23: fcntl.h: No such file or directory > dialog.h:24: unistd.h: No such file or directory > dialog.h:25: ctype.h: No such file or directory > dialog.h:26: stdlib.h: No such file or directory > dialog.h:27: string.h: No such file or directory > dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory > lxdialog.c:53: locale.h: No such file or directory > make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/scripts/lxdialog' > make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 > > > I'm having difficulty figuring out what packages I need to install to make > this work. >
As others have pointed out you need the libc6-dev and libncurses4-dev packages. You will also need the bin86 package if you are on a x86 box. The best way to find out which packages these files are in is to go to the Debian package search page at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.html. Then scroll down to the "Search the Contents of the Latest Release" search and enter in the files from above, such as sys/types.h. It will return a list of package that contain those files. If you don't have them installed then they need to be. Enjoy, Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
