Compiling Kernel 2.6.6 for Mandrake 10.0

[Dragonfly]

Hi,

I have just installed my first copy of Linux. I have downloaded Mandrake 10.0 Official the other day and have installed it on my laptop.

Most of the things are working fine but ACPI and a few other things not. I was searching the internet and found that I have to upgrade my kernel to 2.6.6 and do some patches etc.

Anyway, I have downloaded the kernel source code and applied the patches I needed. But when I try to configure the kernel, I get the error message:

[root@cpc4-blfs1-5-0-cust202 linux-2.6.6]# make menuconfig
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
/bin/sh: line 1: gcc: command not found
make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 127
make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2

I have searched the internet but really could not find any solution and this is driving me mad.

Please help...

[sarumont]

rpm -ivh gcc

[don]

in simple english.. what sarumont meant to say is.. you dont have GCC installed.. which is required if u are "compiling" the kernel. so install gcc first before continuing

[Dragonfly]

Thanks guys, I was expecting it to be installed by default but obviously I haven't selected it during installation. I was thinking I did not have previliges to run gcc or some path was not defined.

I am compiling my kernel at the moment. Hope it works...

Thanks again...