Hi

I am trying to install a VPN client software on my home PC. After extracting the gz file, I do the following:-

[root@atul vpnclient]# ./vpn_install
Cisco Systems VPN Client Version 4.0.4 (A) Linux Installer
Copyright (C) 1998-2001 Cisco Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

By installing this product you agree that you have read the
license.txt file (The VPN Client license) and will comply with
its terms.


Directory where binaries will be installed [/usr/local/bin]

Automatically start the VPN service at boot time [yes] no

In order to build the VPN kernel module, you must have the
kernel headers for the version of the kernel you are running.

For RedHat 6.x users these files are installed in /usr/src/linux by default
For RedHat 7.x users these files are installed in /usr/src/linux-2.4 by default
For Suse 7.3 users these files are installed in /usr/src/linux-2.4.10.SuSE by de
fault

Directory containing linux kernel source code [] /usr/src

* Binaries will be installed in "/usr/local/bin".
* Modules will be installed in "/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/CiscoVPN".
* The VPN service will *NOT* be started automatically at boot time.
* Kernel source from "/usr/src" will be used to build the module.

Is the above correct [y]

Making module
make -C /usr/src SUBDIRS=/home/atul/Desktop/VPN/vpnclient modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src'
make: *** [default] Error 2
Failed to make module "cisco_ipsec.ko".


After this I run the following command:-

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[root@atul vpnclient]# cd /usr/src
[root@atul src]# ls
RPM/
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Am I missing some setup or some files ? I am newbie to Linux and would appreciate if someone can help

You need to place your Mandrake installation DVD/CD in the drive and type

urpmi kernel-source

This will create a /usr/src/linux symlink to the new directory containing the kernel source tree which you are missing.

Then when you answer the above question specify /usr/src/linux

hi oppose,

thanks for the reply and I tried your suggestions.

Acutally I had installed Mandrake10.1 by burning 3 CDs from a mirror site. I inserted the CDs (one by one and each time typed in the command), every time it says no kernel on the prompt


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[root@atul root]# urpmi kernel -source
Unknown option: o
Unknown option: u
Unknown option: r
Unknown option: c
Unknown option: e
no package named kernel
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the kernel-source is on the download
see http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/10.1/features/14.php3
kernel-source-2.6 2.6.8.1-10mdk : The source code for the Linux kernel
type kernel-source
not kernel -source

hi

i tried urpmi kernel-source and it asked me to install a bunch of rpm files which i did and now my /usr/src/ directory has a link linux

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[root@atul vpnclient]# cd /usr/src
[root@atul src]# ls
linux@ linux-2.4.27-0.pre2.1mdk/ RPM/
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But even now I am getting some kind of error. Following is what I am doing

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[root@atul src]# cd /home/atul/Desktop/VPN/vpnclient
[root@atul vpnclient]# ./vpn_install
Cisco Systems VPN Client Version 4.0.4 (A) Linux Installer
Copyright (C) 1998-2001 Cisco Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

By installing this product you agree that you have read the
license.txt file (The VPN Client license) and will comply with
its terms.


Directory where binaries will be installed [/usr/local/bin]

Automatically start the VPN service at boot time [yes] no

In order to build the VPN kernel module, you must have the
kernel headers for the version of the kernel you are running.

For RedHat 6.x users these files are installed in /usr/src/linux by default
For RedHat 7.x users these files are installed in /usr/src/linux-2.4 by default
For Suse 7.3 users these files are installed in /usr/src/linux-2.4.10.SuSE by default

Directory containing linux kernel source code [/usr/src/linux]

* Binaries will be installed in "/usr/local/bin".
* Modules will be installed in "/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/CiscoVPN".
* The VPN service will *NOT* be started automatically at boot time.
* Kernel source from "/usr/src/linux" will be used to build the module.

Is the above correct [y]

Making module
make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/home/atul/Desktop/VPN/vpnclient modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.27-0.pre2.1mdk'
make -C /home/atul/Desktop/VPN/vpnclient CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.27-0.pre2.1mdk/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i586 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.27-0.pre2.1mdk/include/linux/modversions.h" MAKING_MODULES=1 modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/atul/Desktop/VPN/vpnclient'
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/atul/Desktop/VPN/vpnclient'
make[1]: *** [_mod_/home/atul/Desktop/VPN/vpnclient] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.27-0.pre2.1mdk'
make: *** [default] Error 2
Failed to make module "cisco_ipsec.ko".
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Still the problem exists...need some more inputs

Unfortunately this is an error in the Cisco script itself.

The script is attempting to make a module (driver) for the currently installed kernel.

It calls the make routing with "make modules".

However the Makefile which Cisco provided has no entry labeled "modules".

You may want to try to view the actual script and see if maybe there is a minor error in it.

e.g. module is defined but not modules and changing module to modules will fix the error.

The entries or labels are usually suffixed by a colon.

I.e.

modules:

etc.

Hi Folks

I downloaded kernel-source-2.6 2.6.8.1-10mdk.rpm and installed it. That create a new symlink on the /usr/src/ directory and now I was able to work through the installation. I think the kernel-source that I installed earlier was not the right one and now it works.


Thanks a lot for your directions/suggestions.

That will do it too.

Great!