[SOLVED] "make" gives error: Exec format error

[hope]

My cumputer has 32 bit i686 CPU.
I am trying to install a device driver to my Porteus. Warning message said that I need to activate "devel" module to use make. I downloaded the module from http://ftp.vim.org/ftp/os/Linux/distr/p ... -devel.xzm. I can activate the module successfully. However, at the end, when install script ends, it gives :

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bash: /usr/bin/make cannot execute binary file Exec format error

Why I saw this error, and how can I solve it? I want to install the device driver.
Thanks.

[roadie]

The link you've posted is for 64 bit architecture, not 32 bit. This one should work:

http://ftp.vim.org/ftp/os/Linux/distr/p ... -devel.xzm

[hope]

The link you've posted is for 64 bit architecture, not 32 bit. This one should work:

http://ftp.vim.org/ftp/os/Linux/distr/p ... -devel.xzm

Thanks roadie, file in the link solved the error, but new one appeared : , can you help me about that too?

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make[1]: *** /lib/modules/5.12.14-porteus/build/No such file or directory

I looked to that location and found a file called build which is a link to /usr/src/linux but there is no file called linux there. Does that mean I need to download new module?
Thanks.

[beny]

hi make is linked to this kernel ..have you? lib/modules/5.12.14-porteus you need crippled-source for this kernel because it need the build directory.

[hope]

Hi and thanks beny, I downloaded crippled-source module and activate it and finally it worked thanks.