14.1.5. System Include Files Missing

Question:

when installing ELDK on Ubuntu 6.06 dapper drake I get the following error messages....

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:kernel-source-ppc_6xx  ########################################### [100%]
Configuring kernel...
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:107:23: error: sys/types.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:108:22: error: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:109:22: error: sys/mman.h: No such file or directory
...

Answer:

The Linux installation on your host is missing essential files that are needed to perform software development and use a C compiler. On Ubuntu, check for example if you miss a "libc6-dev" package. The specific package name differs from distribution to distribution; on Fedora, you need for example the "glibc-headers" package.

If you want to work with a Linux kernel you will probably also need other packages.