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scratch666

Member

Registered: 2012-12-05

Posts: 1

Compile CRDA from scratch possible?

Hello everyone.
I want to compile the CRDA from wireless.kernel.org manually instead of using the CRDA-Package from the repos.

I managed to get the script in ./utils/key2pub.py changed so it was interpreted by python2 and worked.
The main problem is that the make command gets me:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lnl-genl

This actually confuses me, I am new to arch and was only working on Debian systems before.
So the question is: Is it possible to compile and install the original sources?
And if yes: how?
Unfortunately Google did not help me since it always refers to the crda installed by pacman.

Thanks in advance

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Compile CRDA from scratch possible?

Why do you want to compile it? Do you think there's something wrong with the repo package? If so, you should post a bug report, so that it doesn't affect others.

Anyway, look into ABS (Arch Build System) - that's what we use to recompile packages around here.