[linux-help] Re: Installing alsa sound software

[Randy Reames <randy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A short while ago bbales wrote:
> 
> I downloaded the alsa driver, alsa libraries, and alsa utilities and started 
> to install the drivers.  ./configure went part way through and ended with:
> 
> 
> checking for directory with kernel source... /usr/src/linux
> checking for kernel version... expr: syntax error
> expr: syntax error
> expr: syntax error
> failed (probably missing /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h)
> 
> 
> I have a file /usr/src/linux-2.4.7-10/include/linux/version.h)
> 
> Apparently the configure script didn't like what it found in version.h.  Or 
> is it trying to say it needs the kernel source to install this software?
> 
> Anyone familiar with this?

Go to your /usr/src and make a symlink "linux" that points to your
linux-2.4.7-10 dir.

rr

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