On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 09:16:16AM -0500, Johnh wrote: > I don't compile kernels very often. Once I get my system "nice" I > usually don't fuss with it. However, just recently, I decided to tweak > my kernel. Since my last compilation, I have emerged a lot of new > packages. > > My typical procedure for kernel compilation is to open a terminal in X, > su, cd to the linux source, and then "make menuconfig" > > However, when I did this the other day, I got the following errors: > > rm -f include/asm > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > make -C scripts/lxdialog all > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-ac2/scripts/lxdialog' > /bin/sh: line 1: gcc: command not found > > >> 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 '/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-ac2/scripts/lxdialog' > make: ***[menuconfig] Error 2
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