try finding the ncurses-dev. I've ran into that problem on the make menuconfig, and putting ncurses-dev in, fixes it also, install cpp
apt-get install libncurses5-dev apt-get install cpp Henry Gomersall wrote: > I need to upgrade my base system to kernel 2.4 because the drivers for > my ethernet card are simply not in kernel 2.2 (and they are in 2.4). I > have downloaded gcc and make and installed them (I think). When i run > 'make dep' after 'make config', I get the following error:>gcc: > installation problem, cannot exec 'cpp' : No such file >or > directory.any suggestions anyone?Also when I try and do 'make > menuconfig', it says something about not being able to find the > Ncurses libraries. I have installed these libraries though (again - i > think!).Sorry for the blatant ignorance shown by these questions, but > everyone's got to learn somewhere.Thanks