Installing kernel-devel on Fedora 15

Setun

Recently moved to Fedora 15, and have been having trouble with compiling the broadcom module for my wireless card - I assumed the kernel-devel package would already be installed on the OS but apparently it isn't. Without being able to install the broadcom module (the ethernet connection doesn't work either), I obviously can't get the kernel-devel package via yum. Does anybody know where I can download the source from - and also how difficult is it to compile? Thanks in advance for any help.

InvisibleBadger

Hi,
The kernel-devel rpm is on the installation dvd in the Packages folder.
You could make the dvd a repo for yum, or probably just copy the rpm from the dvd

Setun

Hey - thanks for the reply. I actually managed to download the rpm and transfer it via usb, but I'm missing some other dependencies, apparently. Trying to run the makefile for the broadcom wireless returns a no build directory error - in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build. Is it unusual for fedora not to include the necessary packages to build kernel modules? I was hoping to have the OS set up and running for tomorrow but don't think I'll be successful in that regard

InvisibleBadger

Hi, I'm not a linux expert unfortunately, but maybe you could try using the dvd as a yum repo so you can install with yum, and hopefully the required dependencies will be on the dvd.
I found this link and it looks ok:
http://iamcam.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/adding-the-fedora-install-dvd-to-your-yum-repo-list/

I'll try myself and see what happens

Also, could the no build directory error be a permissions problem? have you tried installing with sudo?

Setun

Prob persists when root also - trying to download the correct kernel dev package now. Hopefully when that is installed i'll be able to 'make' the module.

syklops

If you havent already, install the development tools by doing:

yum groupinstall "Development Tools"