ok, need help i already download the tar and use the archive manager before it.
run the srcipt:'./scripts/Config' the output message :
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-xx-
System Check: Program 'curl' not found!
The curl utility is needed for Downloading the package
source tars. Install the latest curl version.

System Check: Program 'gawk' not found!
The gawk utility is needed for extracting the package
source tars. Install the latest gawk version.

System Check found errors -> not doing anything.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x

curl libraries can be found at www.php.net/curl

gawk try www.gnu.org or google for gawk (gnu awk)

now that's weird that gawk isn't already installed. to check if a utility is in your path:
which gawk
should do. use find to see if it is on your system:
find / -name "gawk" -type f -print

I'm not a deb-head, but isn't the command to install that stuff with apt,
apt-get install curl
or something similar?

thank you guys, things make sense now i thought curl and gawk are aleady included in the package tar. by the way im using ubuntu distro to build rock linux.im using this fo my software thesis in my school, building an OS out of linux format.any suggestion please dont hesitate to reply on me.
thanks once again.

find and which are very good,
if you got time, try to install locate,
it creates a database with all the files in there. (updatedb to update the database)

It is then instant to find if a file is around you would do
locate gawk for example

I'm in school too, but creating an OS!?!?! Jeeeeeez :] That sounds scary lol

I know that at one ROCK Developer had to do something like this as part of the final exam of his job training. The result is the LiveCD

Greetings,
Benjamin

thanks blindcoder you very suppportive, i dedicate my project to my country we have'nt have linux distro yet.
i will call it "buddyrock",buddy linux for filipinos.by the way im on configurating now the system next will be the download phase.got only limited time in our school laboratory.

Glad to be of service

Anyway, what do you mean by limited time? ROCK can compile entirely without user interaction.
For example, you can run it in screen or you can also (after you're done downloading) use
which will run the build detached from the console and log its information to a file.

Greetings,
Benjamin

got on error blindcoder upon executing './scripts/Config': message

mv: cannot stat `src/rockdialog.bin.7698': No such file or directory
Creating configuration script ...
Running ROCK Linux 2.0.3 configuration ...
unknown returncode: 127

what went wrong.....

It seems that the rockdialog program could not be compiled. There should be some more messages before that.
Try this:
and paste the whole output here.


Greetings,
Benjamin

im back for configurating my ubuntu it just lack of utility
im downloading jdk, texidoclet,and other stuff so by next week it will be ready to configure rock linux. thank for the help and suggestion and the other scripts.