Yes, it looks like you need to unzip/untar the file. Use tar -zxvf linux-drm-4.3.0-kernelsource.tar.gz
Depending on how the tarball was created, it may unzip everything to a weird directory structure. You may need to look through the directories to find the Makefile.linux file. Run the make command from there, wherever you find it.
Lars
Tony Vance wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to compile a binary called XFree86, but I'm not sure how to use the make command. I read the man page, but I'm still not how clear how to use this. I downloaded the file linux-drm-4.3.0-kernelsource.tar.gz from
http://www.xfree86.org/~alanh/
This page says to run the command, "make -f Makefile.linux" but when I do, I only get an error command saying that the file or directory doesn't exist. Do I have to unzip/untar the linux-drm-4.3.0-kernelsource.tar.gz file first? I want to end up with an executable binary called "XFree86." Can anyone help me with this? Thanks!
Best,
Tony
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