[hblug] auto.conf

[Rene Bartosh]

kirjava at nitrogen:~$ echo build-essentials-`uname -r`
build-essentials-2.6.22-2-k7


uname -r is the version of the running kernel, aka the one you will want.

Rene

On 30/11/2007, jon zendatta <zendattacorporation at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 0k - another crazy question.
> what do you mean 'uname -r'?
> as i already have build essential, & there are 12 linux-headers listed am i
> meant to guess which header i need then install it.?.
>
> cheers jon
>
>
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> ________________________________
> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:02:19 +1300
> From: daniel at dannz.net.nz
> To: hblug at linux.net.nz
> Subject: Re: [hblug] auto.conf
>
>
> its asking for autoconf.. which is a program.
>
> If you type
> sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
> it will install what you need
>
> Daniel
>
> On Nov 29, 2007 8:56 PM, jon zendatta < zendattacorporation at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> downloaded driver from www.sourceforge.net  named 'garmin_gps-0.31a'  ...
> got as far as untarring but cannot compile, getting an error message no '
> auto.conf ' found etc . have two threads on ubuntuforums but no help so far.
> i wonder if this code is written for another distro that obviously has the
> mentioned file. so how how do i get 'auto.conf' ??otherwise i bring my
> machine next wednesday and maybe someone will have pearls of wisd0m...thanks
> in advance.
>
>
>
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