Linux: Which Packages Are Needed To Install Ndiswrapper?
July 3rd, 2009 | 
Author: I checked sourceforge (http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/jooml… and it says all that’s needed is the kernel header package. My kernel source directory (I think /usr/src/) is empty, so the pointer in the lib/modules/2.6…/build/ directory the that leads to this directory, that the ndiswrapper compilation references, isn’t doing anything.
I’m hoping someone can just verify that all you need is the header package for this program to compile, or whether you need some other kernel source or dev package, or anything else, before I download, burn and reboot.
Thanks
(error: “Can’t find kernel build files in lib/modules/2.6…fc7/build ;”)
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Well I can see that you are using Fedora 7.
It is recommended that you install Ndiswrapper through YUM (because it takes care of dependencies).
Just try
yum search ndiswrapper
If you get search results then
yum install ndiswrapper
else install http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-7.rpm
and then
yum install kmod-ndiswrapper
(kmod stands for Kernel Module)
Believe that error indicates you don’t have the kernel Dev source files installed.
Probably not necessary, but…
1. Here is an Ubuntu “How To”http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t…
2. Depending on your Distro, your application manager might address all your dependency errors for you (identify and automatically download). Is one reason why I prefer OpenSuSE with its Yast2 for everything that can be installed using a RPM.