errors after running make

[Bahman M.]

Terrence Wilson wrote:
> I'm trying to install ndiswrapper from a .tar.gz file. I'm running make 
> for the first time, so I am unfamiliar with it. But I have read 
> instructions for installing ndiswrapper. I keep getting errors, but I'm 
> not sure what I'm doing wrong.
> 
> Here's what I did. I copied the ndiswrapper-1.47.tar.gz file from cdrom 
> to /usr/src directory. Then:
> 
> # cd /usr/src
> # tar -xvf ndiswrapper-1.47.tar.gz
> # cd ndiswrapper-1.47
> # make
> 
> After running the make command, I get an error message which goes line 
> by line like this:
> 
> ...
> "Makefile", line 57: Need an operator
> "Makefile", line 60: Need an operator
> "Makefile", line 67: Need an operator
> ...
> "Makefile", line 109: Missing dependency operatpr
> "Makefile", line 111: Need an operator
> "Makefile", line 112: Missing dependency operator
> ...
> Error expanding embedded variable.
> *** Error code 2
> 
> Stop in /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.47.
> 
> After this, the root command prompt returns. Am I working with a 
> makefile that needs editing or has errors; or what else I am doing 
> wrong?
Have you tried gmake instead of make? (ports/devel/gmake)
HTH,

Bahman