How do I install ndiswrapper?

thursgun · 07-18-2007, 09:39 PM

I'm a TOTAL newbie

I have Slackware 11, with kernel 2.6.17.13

Ok, I downloaded ndiswrapper-1.47.tar.

I tried to install it with installpkg, but I got an error saying that must end with .tgz. So I converted it into a .tgz file with some online web service (I forgot the name).

Anyway, I did "installpkg", and got the following:

Code:

root@darkstar:~/wifi# installpkg ndiswrapper1.tgz
Installing package ndistwrapper1...
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:



root@darkstar:~/wifi#

And that's it (no description). Did it installed the program?

I've been all day trying to find out how to install a single package. I read about "make", "installpkg" and some "make && make install". I was only "succesful" with "installpkg".

i'm very tired after many hours reading(almost half day) on the internet. please help me

If you need any info, please ask.

randomsel · 07-18-2007, 10:20 PM

You downloaded the source code for ndiswrapper. You need to compile it for it to work. Alternatively, you could download a prebuilt package from linuxpackages.net.

GregLee · 07-19-2007, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thursgun

Did it installed the program?

I doubt it very much. As randomsel says, you probably got the source code. But installpkg works only with executable code. You can use source code, but not with installpkg -- with source, the steps are different.

Make sure you get the correct source distribution. Go to http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/ and download ndiswrapper-1.47.tar.gz, which contains the source code for the latest version. Unpack this file into a directory ndiswrapper-1.47 with the Unix command "tar xzf ndiswrapper-1.47.tar.gz". That should produce a directory with all the source files. "cd ndiswrapper-1.47" to go down into the directory, then read the files README and INSTALL you find there. Follow the directions. It's a bit of a project.

To successfully compile ndiswrapper, you will need to have the include files for the Linux kernel you're running, probably down inside in /usr/src/linux. Probably you do, but if not, that's yet another step you'll have to get through.

Possibly you'll be able to fine a precompiled Slackware package for ndiswrapper, which may save you some work, but a precompiled package has to be matched with the version of Linux you're running. Starting from source is better.