I'm trying to install ndiswrapper 1.11 on Slackware 10.2 Kernel 2.4.31 and when trying to install ndiswrapper it comes up with the following:

root@Webboy:~/ndiswrapper-1.11# ./INSTALL
./INSTALL: line 1: The: command not found
./INSTALL: line 2: rather: command not found
details: No such file or directory
about: No such file or directory
installation,: No such file or directory
./INSTALL: line 3: troubleshooting,: command not found
./INSTALL: line 5: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/wiki: No such file or directory
./INSTALL: line 7: Prerequisites: command not found
./INSTALL: line 8: =============: command not found
./INSTALL: line 10: You: command not found
./INSTALL: line 11: syntax error near unexpected token `kernel.'
./INSTALL: line 11: `for the kernel. Make sure there is a link to the kernel source from'
root@Webboy:~/ndiswrapper-1.11# ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.31 /lib/modules/2.4.31/build
root@Webboy:~/ndiswrapper-1.11# ./INSTALL
./INSTALL: line 1: The: command not found
./INSTALL: line 2: rather: command not found
details: No such file or directory
about: No such file or directory
installation,: No such file or directory
./INSTALL: line 3: troubleshooting,: command not found
./INSTALL: line 5: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/wiki: No such file or directory
./INSTALL: line 7: Prerequisites: command not found
./INSTALL: line 8: =============: command not found
./INSTALL: line 10: You: command not found
./INSTALL: line 11: syntax error near unexpected token `kernel.'
./INSTALL: line 11: `for the kernel. Make sure there is a link to the kernel source from'

I am running as root and have had my card (Belkin f5d7010) working on SLAX (based on slackware).

Thanks, Thomas

The INSTALL file is a text readme file.

You want to use the Makefile instead. Run as root "make install" instead. Also read this README and INSTALL text files.
There should be a target to just install the ndiswrapper.ko kernel module. You will need to do this later if you upgrade the kernel, such as a security update.

That isn't how you install NDISWrapper. INSTALL is nothing but a text file with installation instructions in it. There's also a guide to installing it here.

The reason i was trying that is beacause that method doesn't work

root@Webboy:~/ndiswrapper-1.11# make distclean
make -C driver clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.11/driver'
rm -rf ndiswrapper.o ndiswrapper.o hal.o iw_ndis.o loader.o misc_funcs.o ndis.o ntoskernel.o ntoskernel_io.o pe_linker.o pnp.o proc.o wrapndis.o wrapper.o usb.o divdi3.o usb.o x86_64_stubs.o \
divdi3.o .*.ko.cmd .*.o.cmd ndiswrapper.mod.[oc] *~ .tmp_versions
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.11/driver'
make -C utils clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.11/utils'
rm -f *~ *.o loadndisdriver
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.11/utils'
rm -f *~
rm -fr ndiswrapper-1.11 ndiswrapper-1.11.tar.gz *.deb patch-stamp
make -C driver distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.11/driver'
rm -rf ndiswrapper.o ndiswrapper.o hal.o iw_ndis.o loader.o misc_funcs.o ndis.o ntoskernel.o ntoskernel_io.o pe_linker.o pnp.o proc.o wrapndis.o wrapper.o usb.o divdi3.o usb.o x86_64_stubs.o \
divdi3.o .*.ko.cmd .*.o.cmd ndiswrapper.mod.[oc] *~ .tmp_versions
rm -f *_exports.h .\#* x86_64_stubs.h
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.11/driver'
make -C utils distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.11/utils'
rm -f *~ *.o loadndisdriver
rm -f .\#*
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.11/utils'
rm -f .\#*
root@Webboy:~/ndiswrapper-1.11# make install
make -C driver install
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.11/driver'
cc -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -DMODVERSIONS -include /lib/modules/2.4.31/build/include/linux/modversions.h -DUSB_DRIVER_OWNER -freg-struct-return -DDRIVER_VERSION=\"1.11\" -DLINUX -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -I/lib/modules/2.4.31/build -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -c -o hal.o hal.c
In file included from hal.c:24:
ntoskernel.h:43:28: net/iw_handler.h: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [hal.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.11/driver'
make: *** [install] Error 2
root@Webboy:~/ndiswrapper-1.11# ndiswrapper
-bash: ndiswrapper: command not found
root@Webboy:~/ndiswrapper-1.11#

Sorry i forgot to mention this


Thomas

Ok thanks for everybodys help but I've fixed it by installing the "bleeding edge" version of ndiswrapper from their site.

Thanks, Thomas