I need help.

I try installing spca5xx-xx-Va|1goobye from source but I keep getting the following errors. can anyone help.

peterbug@peterbug-desktop:~/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye$ sudo make
Password:
Building SPCA5XX driver for 2.5/2.6 kernel.
Remember: you must have read/write access to your kernel source tree.
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye CC=cc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic'
CC [M] /home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.o
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:39:26: error: linux/config.h: No such file or directory
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: In function ‘spca50x_init_isoc’:
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:1623: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: In function ‘spca5xx_open’:
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:2394: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_devdata’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:2394: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:2399: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_get_drvdata’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:2399: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: In function ‘spca5xx_close’:
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:2489: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: In function ‘spca5xx_do_ioctl’:
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:2549: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: In function ‘spca5xx_ioctl’:
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3093: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_usercopy’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: In function ‘spca5xx_read’:
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3112: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: In function ‘spca5xx_mmap’:
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3211: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: At top level:
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3263: error: variable ‘spca50x_template’ has initializer but incomplete type
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3264: error: unknown field ‘owner’ specified in initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3264: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3264: warning: (near initialization for ‘spca50x_template’)
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3265: error: unknown field ‘name’ specified in initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3265: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3265: warning: (near initialization for ‘spca50x_template’)
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3266: error: unknown field ‘type’ specified in initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3266: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3266: warning: (near initialization for ‘spca50x_template’)
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3267: error: unknown field ‘hardware’ specified in initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3267: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3267: warning: (near initialization for ‘spca50x_template’)
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3268: error: unknown field ‘fops’ specified in initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3268: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3268: warning: (near initialization for ‘spca50x_template’)
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3270: error: unknown field ‘release’ specified in initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3270: error: ‘video_device_release’ undeclared here (not in a function)
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3270: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3270: warning: (near initialization for ‘spca50x_template’)
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3272: error: unknown field ‘minor’ specified in initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3272: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3272: warning: (near initialization for ‘spca50x_template’)
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: In function ‘cd_to_spca50x’:
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3340: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘to_video_device’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3340: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3341: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: In function ‘spca50x_create_sysfs’:
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:3450: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_create_file’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: In function ‘spca5xx_probe’:
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5509: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_alloc’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5509: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5512: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘struct video_device’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5512: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘struct video_device’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5512: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘struct video_device’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5514: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5516: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_set_drvdata’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5521: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_register_device’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5521: error: ‘VFL_TYPE_GRABBER’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5521: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5521: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5550: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5551: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_release’
/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c:5553: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_unregister_device’
make[2]: *** [/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/drivers/usb/spca5xx.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/peterbug/install/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2

It looks like your kernel source or headers package is missing/not installed correctly. Try using your package manager search function, and locate & install the headers and/or sourcecode if it finds them.

thank you for your quick reply! how do I find the missing headers or source? I searched for headers and alot of results came up. any tips on spoting with one I need?

Search for 'kernel' or 'kernel-headers' I'm not sure exactly what the package name would be.. It may actually be the 'kernel-sourcecode' that's missing, not the headers, but your package manager should indicate if the results of your search are installed or not.