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im trying to compile the linux source because i want to be able to make kernel modules,so that ndiswrapper will work for me.I have a paste of the errors it ...
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    im trying to compile the linux source because i want to be able to make kernel modules,so that ndiswrapper will work for me.I have a paste of the errors it did after I did make menuconfig,pretty much the first step.Can anyone help?

    paste:http://paste.lisp.org/display/44319

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    You are missing some libs to build, get GCC and all the related things such as libc6-dev

    You don't really need to compile a whole new kernel in order to compile kernel modules, you just need developer packages and the kernel headers
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    You don't really need to compile a whole new kernel in order to compile kernel modules, you just need developer packages and the kernel headers.You are missing some libs to build, get GCC and all the related things such as libc6-dev

    Well I have gcc and libc6-dev installed,i know that.
    Wow do I get the other stuff?

    EDIT:I did apt-get install gcc and it says its the latest version,and when i do apt-get install libc6 it says its the newest version.

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    Have you tried first looking for a prebuilt module of ndiswrapper fro your kernel, I'm sure there's one in APT
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    Quote Originally Posted by Juan Pablo View Post
    Have you tried first looking for a prebuilt module of ndiswrapper fro your kernel, I'm sure there's one in APT
    I do but those wont make the kernel modules,so im trying to build it by source.

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    i found what i need to do,you can delete this thread for all i care.

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    I'm not sure about the exact package in Debian with all the 'basic' headers, can you tell me?
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