ndiswrapper install

[56BelAir]

I'm going to start from scratch to install 'ndiswrapper-1.43.tar.gz'. I currently have it on my desktop. Can someone give me the step by step instructions involved to unzip the file and install it?

Paul
Parker, CO

[integr8e]

Re: ndiswrapper install

It's best just to install through the repos, but if you want to install it via tarball:

- Open your favorite file browser (Krusader, Konqueror, Dolphin, ...).

- Navigate to the directory containing the tarball.

- Right click the package, highlight over "Extract", and choose "Extract here".

- Open Konsole and navigate to the directory containing the newly unpacked file with the command

cd */ndiswrapper*

where the 1st "*" connotates the location of the file (if it was on my Desktop, I would enter "cd /home/[username]/Desktop/ndiswrapper*"; replace [username] with your username).

- enter the command make, and when that finishes, enter sudo make install.

That should pretty much do it!

[blobfish]

Re: ndiswrapper install

Using sudo checkinstall will work with the package system and allow easy removal.

[integr8e]

Re: ndiswrapper install

I forgot about checkinstall, thanks