nVidia Linux Display Driver AMD64 Error

[bubz_the_troll]

This is the error the ADM64 nVidia installer gives me when I run it:

ERROR: Unable to find the system utility `ld`; please make sure you have the
package 'binutils' installed. If you do have binutils installed,
then please check that `ld` is in your PATH.

Here's my system specs:

ABIT KN8 SLI mobo
AMD Athalon64 3000+
1GB RAM
XFX GeForce 6800 XTreme 256 MB DDR3 Single Card
200 GB WD SATA Hard Drive
17" generic CRT

I have Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake 64bit edition installed.

How do I get these "binutils" or check that "ld" is in my path, whatever that means? I can't "binutils" on adept...

This is only my second day using Dapper64 and really my first time actually using (and successfully installing to a desktop) Linux. I just want to make sure that I can get full use of my display, which is currently maxed at 1024 x 768. I'm fairly certain a 17" CRT can go higher than that. It's been a while since I've used a 17" CRT though. I'm using this one temporarily until I can get a new LCD screen.

[caserio]

Re: nVidia Linux Display Driver AMD64 Error

Hi,

I thought binutils was installed by default... The package is available through adept.

You should install build-essential too:
Use adept or open a konsole then type: sudo apt-get install build-essential.

Hint: check the available documentations here:
http://help.ubuntu.com/

[bubz_the_troll]

Re: nVidia Linux Display Driver AMD64 Error

Hmm, I think I found the that info I needed. Thanks for your help.