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I need help installing new source code in Red hat Linux 9.0. I am installing a openswitch12 card which will be an IVR. In order to install the drivers for the card I need the kernel source and a complete compiling system installed. I installed the correct source file after that I get an error
gcc>= 2.96-98 is needed by kernel-source 2.4.20-8
What does this mean? and how can I fix this?
Originally posted by bulliver
You might as well install the latest and greatest: 3.3.2 for redhat
hold on there ...
i think just get the exact compiler
2.96-98 the package manager says.
the more modern compilers are not backward compatable with binaries made with the older ones.......
if you install 3.3.2
or even 3.0
the stuff it compiles may be broken.
also you can only / should only compile a kernel module with exactly the same compiler used to compile the kernel itself !
it won't let you do otherwise
Originally posted by jmg1894 When I run the new 3.2.2-5 rpm file I now get the following message:
Failed
binutils>= 2.12.900.7-1
cpp= 3.2.2-5
blibc-devel>= 2.2.90-12
Does this mean I have to upgrade these before the 3.2.2-5 will work?
yes - track down and install at least those version numbers or newer. welcome to dependency hell you may want to run some searches on an app called "apt" (or maybe "apt-rpm"?) - it assists with dependency checking, etc. good luck
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