Major help needed - I want to install support using ndiswrapper

[Thomas Olsen]

On Tuesday 06 July 2010 23:16:39 Terry Talim wrote:
> Major help needed.  I want to install support using ndiswrapper for a
> d-link wireless usb.  I extracted it to my user directory.  However, I
> cannot make head nor tail of the installation notes on the web.  They tell
> of using a "make" command:
> 
> Installing ndiswrapper:
> 
> Go to the directory holding your ndiswrapper, and run:
> 
> sudo make install
> 
> According to what I'm told - "make" is not a command.
> 
> Other notes say I need to install the build-essential in order  to use the
> make command.

This shouldn't be necessary as ndiswrapper is in the repository. Run:

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common

> I write: "sudo apt-get install build-essential"
> 
> Next the I get this:
> 
> "E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily
> unavailable0
> E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another
> process using it?

This may sound confusing but is really self-explanatory. Another process is 
accessing the local package cache and has it locked. Are you maybe running 
kpackagekit at the same time or using apt-get or aptitude in another Konsole 
window? If so shut it down and try again.

Apparently you found the installation notes for ndiswrapper. Skip them and 
read about how to use it instead. Sorry but I don't know anything about it.

-- 
Best Regards / Med venlig hilsen

Thomas Olsen
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