From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 5 16:03:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1599916A421 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:03:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@larseighner.com) Received: from mail.team1internet.com (mail.team1internet.com [216.110.13.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3FB913C46E for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:03:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@larseighner.com) Received: by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix, from userid 12346) id 6CE6C16B69F; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:37:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from larseighner.com (unknown [216.110.13.83]) by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix) with SMTP id A1C3916B529; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:37:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: by larseighner.com (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 lars@larseighner.com; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:37:35 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:37:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner X-X-Sender: lars@debranded.6dollardialup.com To: Terrence Wilson In-Reply-To: <7586562.1189005399171.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> Message-ID: <20070905103345.J13656@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <7586562.1189005399171.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Sanitizer: Anomy and SpamAssassin mail filter - see http://www.6dollardialup.com/support/spaminfo.html X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.8 required=10.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,OACYS_SINGLE,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE,TW_XV version=2.43 X-Spam-Level: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: errors after running make X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:03:56 -0000 On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Terrence Wilson wrote: > I'm trying to install ndiswrapper from a .tar.gz file. I'm running make > for the first time, so I am unfamiliar with it. But I have read > instructions for installing ndiswrapper. I keep getting errors, but I'm > not sure what I'm doing wrong. > > Here's what I did. I copied the ndiswrapper-1.47.tar.gz file from cdrom > to /usr/src directory. Then: > > # cd /usr/src > # tar -xvf ndiswrapper-1.47.tar.gz > # cd ndiswrapper-1.47 > # make > > After running the make command, I get an error message which goes line > by line like this: > > ... > "Makefile", line 57: Need an operator > "Makefile", line 60: Need an operator > "Makefile", line 67: Need an operator > ... > "Makefile", line 109: Missing dependency operatpr > "Makefile", line 111: Need an operator > "Makefile", line 112: Missing dependency operator > ... > Error expanding embedded variable. > *** Error code 2 > > Stop in /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.47. > > After this, the root command prompt returns. Am I working with a > makefile that needs editing or has errors; or what else I am doing > wrong? I do not know anything about this application, but you are almost certainly using the wrong flavor of make. Odds are good you want gmake, especially if this it GNUish application, but there are also other flavors. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266