[thelist] [ot?] installing modem drivers on Linux (RH9)

[Burhan Khalid]

Paul Bennett wrote:

> Hi there, I am having problems installing modem drivers under Redhat 9. 
> I copy the files to /usr/src/ and then attempt to 'make config' in 
> terminal as per the instructions.
> I get the error:
> 'You do nt have 'gcc' installed. Please install a normal set of Linux 
> development tools and try again.'
> 
> FYI I installed Redhat 9 with every possible option imaginable ticked. 
> What else do I need to install?

Probably nothing. A few things to check:

1. Are you running make as root?
2. Is the path to gcc which gcc/whereis gcc in your PATH variable?
3. run source /etc/profile before running make