[Linux] problem using "make"
 

When I try to make something, it looks for the directory /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build and can't find it. What is this and how do i fix it it?

Thanks

Have you looked on your cd's for the package "make"? You do have to install it to get the functionality of "make" on your computer.

Since you did not post what version of mandrake you are using, I am going to give you a link to the Mandrake 10.0 "make" rpm source. Go up a folder or two to select the version of Mandrake you have.

http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirror...0-5mdk.src.rpm

As for your question on what "make" is?

The make utility executes a list of shell commands associated with each target, typically to create or update a file of the same name. makefile contains entries that describe how to bring a target up to date with respect to those on which it depends, which are called dependencies.

Yeah I hated mandrake for that...it includes make in the developer tools and if you decide you don't wanna install dev tools you don't get make.

It would appear that you should create a symlink in /lib/modules/ as build to the source directory of your kernel.

I tried that with sources 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.7. Later I'll try 2.6.3 because I only got errors.