<b><i>Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@ATrpms.net></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 05:15:19AM +0100, Nick wrote:<br>> On 03/10/06, Pete Cap <peteoutside@yahoo.com> wrote:<br>> > configure: error: *** you need to have the Linux kernel source installed for<br>> > this driver<br>> ><br>> > The thing is, I have got the kernel modules for lirc already installed via<br>> > yum:<br>> <br>> The "Linux kernel source" is the source to the Linux kernel (not the<br>> LIRC kernel modules). If you are compiling programs yourself, you will<br>> need this installed. For Fedora, you should be able to<br>> <br>> # yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r`<br>> <br>> to install the required -devel files. If you need the complete kernel<br>> source installed, you will need to install the .src.rpm file for your<br>>
particular Fedora kernel.<br><br>For lirc you do need all of the kernel sources, not the stripped down<br>version of kernel-devel :(<br><br>> You seem to have LIRC installed from atrpms.net, so why are you trying<br>> to compile LIRC as well?<br><br>He probably got misguided by some guide that assumes you have to build<br>yourself.<br>-- <br>Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net<br></peteoutside@yahoo.com></blockquote><br>Nick, Axel,<br><br>This is quite right. None of the guides I have found begin with "Having installed everything the easy way from ATRPMs..."<br><br>So...what exactly are the kernel sources if not a package? Where do I get them, where do I put them, etc.? And do I understand that having installed LIRC using YUM that I don't need to set them up? Have only browsed the guide Nick posted, will look into it after work today.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Pete<br><p> 
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