Re: [aclug-L] PPProblems

[Wayne White <wwhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:01 PM 9/20/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>Wayne White wrote:
>> 
>> When I do this I get the message that there is no 'make' command.
>> What's up with that?
>
>Wayne,
>
>It sounds like the development packages haven't been installed yet. 
>"make" is a program that interprets a script file of Makefile
>(customized and distributed with each program's source tree) and runs
>gcc (the GNU C Compiler) and other development utilities used to create
>programs in the C language.  This set of programs is also used to
>compile a new kernel.  Why is compiling a custom kernel useful?  You get
>to choose what hardware and features the kernel supports on your
>system.  This often results in a smaller kernel and a bit smaller memory
>requirement.  Since I believe you are running Redhat 5.1, I'm unable to
>offer help on how you go about installing the development tools.

You're right, I didn't install any of the development tools. If I can't 
figure out how to add them, it isn't that big a problem to just 
reinstall the whole thing and include them this time. I'll do a little 
research on it and see where I get.

Thanks,

Wayne

>One thing is sure, as you grow with Linux the development tools will
>become a necessity.
>
>- Nate >>
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