Error using Make
 

I am trying to install ndiswrapper from source but I get an error when I type in make, it says: This is the first time I am doing this so i really have no clue. Thanks!

you have to type the command "./configure" first

then after make is complete, you have will probably have to "make install" with root privilages

general compiling instructions

./configure
make
make install (with root priv)

I am using Ubuntu 6.06 and it doesn't come with any development packages I think so it says that ./configure is not a valid command. The program that I am trying to install is ndis wrapper so I can get the internet so using synaptics isn't an option but if anyone could please post a link to the package I need to use ./configure it would be very helpful, then I can burn it on to a disc and put it on my desktop. Thanks!

Dunno if you need configure, but you definitely must have kernel sources installed to compile ndiswrapper. That's the Ubuntu package .

But it's probably easier to just install and , which spares you the hassle of compiling it yourself (especially since a standard Ubuntu installation isn't exactly well-equipped for such things).

I hope I got all the numbers right btw, the Ubuntu installation I have here is abit outdated.

type in terminal

sudo apt-get install build-essential

those are the packages required to build things from source