Hello dear linux lovers. I have one problem: when I try to compile xcoral program I'm getting an error "/usr/include/asm/errno.h:4:31: asm-generic/errno.h: No such file or directory". What's wrong? what soft should I install or what should I do? Please help me!

Seems as if its needing or wanting a program or something called asm. What exactly are you trying to install and did you read its README or INSTALL file to find out any dependencies it may require?

are part of the linux-kernel-headers package. Try installing it and see if it solves the problem

I think I read that those header files you need, need to be the same ones glibc were compiled against.

I'm trying to install XCoral program, it's just simple text editor and it has default installiation type: ./configure && make && make install. But when I'm doing make I'm getting an error message!

Do you have those two files/usr/include/asm-generic/errno.h , /usr/include/asm/errno.h. ? With a install of slack you should, maybe they are corrupt.

if you do not have them you cold try to copy them over from your 2.4 kernel source. try this
change to root and enter these commands


those are the generic directions for installing you linux header files(referenced from the LFS book). It may be what you need, it may not. Half the fun of linux is making a mistake, that is how you learn. Good luck :-)


edited for accuracy.
I originally had the directorys as /include/asm and /include/asm-generic , they are correct as above.

Shanenin, I'm apreciate your help but compiler still don't work corectly! It still showing me the same error Any other ideas?
P.S: I'm using Slackware 9.1

just curious, did you have any of those kernel header files before trying to install them again? Did they seem to install properly?

I just hope I did not give you bad advice and mess up your system

root@kasyrble:/home/flubber/packages# ls -l kernel*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25653 May 7 10:53 kernel-headers-2.4.26-i386-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 857 May 7 10:53 kernel-ide-2.4.26-i486-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58856 May 7 10:54 kernel-modules-2.4.26-i486-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 826222 May 7 10:56 kernel-source-2.4.26-noarch-1

So, here is the list of kernel files. I think everything is ok with that.. Or kernel-headers should be kernel-headers-2.4.26-i486-1??

shanenin, I'm really waiting for your reply..

I did not reply because I am not sure. When I had slackware, I did not remember having files like those in my home directory, it does not make sense. You could try to see if they are there with this command

Did you try to reinstall them, with the procedure I left? (assuming they were missing)

root@kasyrble:/usr/src/linux# cp include/asm/* /include/asm
cp: `/include/asm': specified destination directory does not exist
Try `cp --help' for more information.
root@kasyrble:/usr/src/linux# cp -R include/asm-generic /include
root@kasyrble:/usr/src/linux# cp -R include/linux /include
root@kasyrble:/usr/src/linux# ls /usr/include/asm | grep errno.h
errno.h
root@kasyrble:/usr/src/linux# ls /usr/include/asm-generic | grep errno.h
ls: /usr/include/asm-generic: No such file or directory
root@kasyrble:/usr/src/linux#

Nothing good

did you follow all of the steps in order?

Slackware 9.1 is Cool Stuff.
If you have a problem like these, you must install libary which's name of package contain the word from the error notice.
If something say, that something is no file or directory is no reason to think that is completly true

why don't you start over fresh
then run those other command exactly in order, then see if that works.

edited for accuracy

I originally had directorys listed as /include/asm and /include/asm-generic, they are change to the correct directory now.