personally i think it should glibc header files, and anything userspace header files.....kernel header files are for kernel modules and all things kernel....and when u build userspace stuff....it should not access anything kernel & vice versa....correct me if wrong please :-) thanks... On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Konstantin Boyanov <kkboyanov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello there, > > I simple question: How do you install kernel headers? > > Is the following: > > # cd /usr/src > # wget www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.15.7.tar.gz > # tar zxf linux-2.6.15.7.tar.gz > # ln -s linux-2.6.15.7 linux > > not enough? > > Because I'm trying to configure and compile PERL, but I get > > # make > `sh cflags "optimize='-O1'" miniperlmain.o` miniperlmain.c > CCCMD = cc -DPERL_CORE -c -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe > -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE > -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O1 -Wall > In file included from //usr/include/asm/param.h:4, > from //usr/include/linux/param.h:4, > from //usr/local/include/sys/param.h:24, > from perl.h:486, > from miniperlmain.c:36: > //usr/include/linux/config.h:6:28: linux/autoconf.h: No such file or > directory > > Is autoconf part of the GNU autoconf utility or it must be part of the linux > kernel headers? > > > Regards, > Konstantin Boyanov > -- Regards, Peter Teoh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ