[olug] Getting to root in Ubuntu (was computer woes 18.25.....17.5, etc.)

[Matthew D. McCain Platte]

On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 10:09 -0800, Joe Gulizia wrote:
> Got the updated driver from googling......
> 
> it's a Rhine III via chipset -- readme says compile
> from source for linux....
> 
> Looked at how to run from root on Ubuntu...tried that
> but it doesn't give me permissions to enter the
> "Makefile" or "Make" commands.
> 
> Help!
> Thanks in advance.

compiler-type stuff isn't included in a default Ubuntu installation.

sudo apt-get install gcc g++ make whatever-else-is-needed

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Matthew Platte
Lincoln Nebraska