[ELDK] Can I install the eldk on my Ubuntu 8.04 host syste

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Gregorio,

first, and most of all, please read
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

Do NOT top post. Do NOT full qote.

In message <F45D3676423EA240ABF27B0D0CCCA24CF18F1F at MADARRMAIL2.indra.es> you wrote:
> 
> We have discovered that a plain and fresh instalation of Ubuntu-8.04.01
> lead to error when eldk4.2 is intalled. (You can see errors in attached
> file log.txt -Sorry the messages are in spanish).

Obviously the C header files and the "patch" tool was not installed on
your system. These are essential tools needed for any development
work.

> But after installing the package alien everething goes fine.

Probably the installation of the "alien" package installed other
packages as well for dependencies, including the needed ones.

> It seems that this packect convert rpm package to debian package.

No, this is not the explanation.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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