[wplug] compilation question

[Doug Green]

Thanks all for the help! I'll look on the CDs to see if I can get the
sources.
Doug


On 21 Aug 2001 11:36:00 -0400, bpmedley at 4321.tv wrote:
> On 21 Aug 2001, Doug Green wrote:
> 
> > I have a general question about compiling new packages. I have RH7.1
> > installed in a laptop, I used the "default" laptop installation with
> > pcmcia support. Here is the question:
> >
> > Can I compile packages from a tar file even though kernel sources were
> > not installed? The toplevel Makefile suggests that I need to point it at
> > the kernel sources... I am trying to install afpfs (the flipside of
> > netatalk) and there is no rpm available.
> 
> In general:
> 
> I think you will need the 'kernel-headers' package installed.  The kernel
> contains a large number of include files that are necessary to properly
> compile most software.  These include files are usually accessible via
> /usr/include/linux.  Many distributions symlink /usr/include/linux ->
> /usr/src/linux/include/linux.  However, IIRC, RH 7.1 has an actual
> directory for these include files and placed them in the 'kernel-headers'
> package.
> 
> I would assume that this is already installed, but you can check with:
>     $ rpm -qa | grep kernel
> 
> Your case is a little different, however.  You are compiling a kernel
> module.  Therefore, I'm pretty sure you will need to have the kernel
> sources installed to compile this...
> 
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