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by **ThePonola** » Jun 29th, '11, 20:24

Hi there! I just finished installing Mageia! :3

I hate for my first post on the forums to be a cry for help, but I have looked over something that shouldn't have when testing the Live CD. There's no make command. D:
It's essential because my WiFi device relies on a driver that I downloaded from the manufacturer. However, the driver comes as a .zip file, and in Linux, it must installed using the make command after decompression.
The driver is for the RaLink 5390 device, in my Compaq Presario CQ56.

I sure would appreciate a push into the right direction. Thank you!

by **wobo** » Jun 29th, '11, 20:28

ThePonola wrote:...when testing the Live CD. There's no make command. D:

The Live CD is a way to demonstrate Mageia, to evaluate the system and to check if all hardware of a specific machine is recognized. There's no devel equipment available, it would go beyond the space limitations of a CD.

by **ThePonola** » Jun 29th, '11, 20:30

wobo wrote:
ThePonola wrote:...when testing the Live CD. There's no make command. D:

The Live CD is a way to demonstrate Mageia, to evaluate the system and to check if all hardware of a specific machine is recognized. There's no devel equipment available, it would go beyond the space limitations of a CD.

Ah yes, but you see, even after installing it to the hard disk, the konsole still says "make: command not found"
But I suppose there must be a way to install it, yes? (I tried searching the package manager, I don't seem to retrieve any results for it.)

by **isadora** » Jun 29th, '11, 20:38

Very welcome to the Mageia-forum ThePonola!!!!

Be sure when installing packages through MCC, that search-filters (upper left) are selected for "All".

by **ThePonola** » Jun 29th, '11, 20:44

isadora wrote:Very welcome to the Mageia-forum ThePonola!!!!

Be sure when installing packages through MCC, that search-filters (upper left) are selected for "All".

Thank you!
I did that, and got a hit for a package called "makedev".
Close, but according to the description, it's not what I'm looking for. Thanks for the tip though.

by **isadora** » Jun 29th, '11, 21:01

Do you have all the necessary repositories configured?

Some interesting explanation concerning repositories is written by our dear member maxci:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=528&p=3498#p3492

by **ThePonola** » Jun 29th, '11, 21:27

isadora wrote:Do you have all the necessary repositories configured?

Some interesting explanation concerning repositories is written by our dear member maxci:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=528&p=3498#p3492

Ah! Thank you very much! I managed to get make installed and working. <3
I guess I'll just make this thread as "solved" then.

by **isadora** » Jun 29th, '11, 21:36

Well done!!!!

See you around some time, and have fun!!!

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