Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:05:00 -0400 From: Matt Donovan <kitchetech@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: errors after running make Message-ID: <46DEFDDC.2010700@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Terrence Wilson wrote: > > I'm trying to install ndiswrapper from a .tar.gz file. I'm running make > > for the first time, so I am unfamiliar with it. But I have read > > instructions for installing ndiswrapper. I keep getting errors, but I'm > > not sure what I'm doing wrong. > > > > Here's what I did. I copied the ndiswrapper-1.47.tar.gz file from cdrom > > to /usr/src directory. Then: > > > > # cd /usr/src > > # tar -xvf ndiswrapper-1.47.tar.gz > > # cd ndiswrapper-1.47 > > # make > > > > After running the make command, I get an error message which goes line > > by line like this: > > > > ... > > "Makefile", line 57: Need an operator > > "Makefile", line 60: Need an operator > > "Makefile", line 67: Need an operator > > ... > > "Makefile", line 109: Missing dependency operatpr > > "Makefile", line 111: Need an operator > > "Makefile", line 112: Missing dependency operator > > ... > > Error expanding embedded variable. > > *** Error code 2 > > > > Stop in /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.47. > > > > After this, the root command prompt returns. Am I working with a > > makefile that needs editing or has errors; or what else I am doing > > wrong? > As someone else said it's been in base for a while and the ndiswrapper you downloaded only works with the linux kernel since the one in base had to be modified to work ont he freebsd kernel, oh yeah it's not called project evil for nothing :) it might panic your kernel and it might not. Just so you know before it happens
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