Compile in Fedora

[Tony Nelson]

At 7:09 AM -0500 5/19/07, Teilhard Knight wrote:
>Hi:
>
>I tried long ago to install Fedora Core 6 in my 64 bit box, but the
>installer would hang. Then I recently came across Fermi Linux which is a
>variant of Scientific Linux, and is based on Fedora Core, and I installed
>it. My problem is that the distro does not recognize my wireless nic and no
>module is provided out of the box. I have to compile it, which is why I ask
>help to inquire what do I need in fedora Core to be able to compile. I tried
>to compile the module's tarball out of the box and I couldn't. Thanks for
>any help in advance.

If what you lack is the compiler:

    yum grouplist
    yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'

If what you lack is some header files:

    yum install kernel-devel
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