[techtalk] Linux Kernel

[ktb]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 02:44:10PM -0800, Puff Devil wrote:
Content-Description: kernel trouble.txt
> 		I tried typing the easier to use "make menuconfig" and got
> 				errors as noted:
> 
> [root at localhost linux]# make menuconfig
> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> make -C scripts/lxdialog all
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/richard/linux/scripts/lxdialog'
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot open crt1.o: No such file or directory
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>  
> >> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries.
> >>
> >> You must have Ncurses installed in order
> >> to use 'make menuconfig'
>  
> make[1]: *** [ncurses] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/richard/linux/scripts/lxdialog'
> make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2  
> 	
> 
> 		then I tried using "make xconfig" and got errors aswell...
> 
> [root at localhost linux]# make xconfig
> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> make -C scripts kconfig.tk
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/richard/linux/scripts'
> gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -c -o tkparse.o tkparse.ctkparse.c:48: stdio.h: No such file or directory
> tkparse.c:49: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
> tkparse.c:50: string.h: No such file or directory
> make[1]: *** [tkparse.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/richard/linux/scripts'
> make: *** [xconfig] Error 2
> [root at localhost linux]#
> 
> 		What am I supposed to try now.  I even tried going through all
> the "make config" crap and did a "make dep" and still got errors...
> 
> Please help.....

Looks to me like you need to install "libc6-dev"
Both -
stdlib.h
crt1.o
reside there on my debian system.
kent

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