<quote who="Gerard Blacklock">

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.4.20]# make menuconfig
> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> make -C scripts/lxdialog all
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/scripts/lxdialog'
> /bin/sh: line 1: gcc: command not found

^ the real problem

> >> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries.
> >>
> >> You must have Ncurses installed in order
> >> to use 'make menuconfig'
> 
> make[1]: *** [ncurses] Error 1

^ bogus error message because the kernel build system is not smart enough to
realise you don't have a compiler, which I'm quite amazed at!

Looks like you need to install gcc, and probably a few other build chain
packages.

- Jeff

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