Why isn't this driver install working (sudo code)?

Question

I have a soundcard that I'd like to use and I've been trying to install it and being a new Ubuntu user, I get about half way through this in the Terminal and it stops cooperating with me... See the link (soundcard hyperlink) but basically what I have here:

I do the following and it works:

sudo apt-get install subversion

svn co https://line6linux.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/line6linux

Change to the directory

cd line6linux/driver/trunk

Time to build from the source but first make sure you have the latest build and headers

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install linux-headers

Then after this point it says must specify file to install. Not sure how to do this or what it means.

Then, running make gives the following output:

./set_revision.sh ./set_revision.sh: 9: test: https://line6linux.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/line6linux/driver/trunk: unexpected operator make -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-29-generic-pae/build CONFIG_LINE6_USB=m SUBDIRS=/home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk modules make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic-pae' CC [M] /home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk/audio.o /home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk/audio.c: In function ‘line6_init_audio’: /home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk/audio.c:30:57: error: ‘THIS_MODULE’ undeclared (first use in this function) /home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk/audio.c:30:57: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in make[2]: * [/home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk/audio.o] Error 1 make[1]: * [module/home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic-pae' make: * [default] Error 2

This is in Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS

Another thing, semi related. Cut, copy, paste? Seems like it's different from program to program. I was in the terminal and hit Ctrl-C and then Ctrl-Shift-V in Firefox and it won't paste. But in terminal it will paste. I'm confused.

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Here is what it's giving me after I hit "Make": nick@NickUbuntu:~/line6linux/driver/trunk$ make ./set_revision.sh ./set_revision.sh: 9: test: https://line6linux.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/line6linux/driver/trunk: unexpected operator make -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-29-generic-pae/build CONFIG_LINE6_USB=m SUBDIRS=/home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk modules make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic-pae' CC [M] /home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk/audio.o /home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk/audio.c: In function ‘line6_init_audio’: /home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk/audio.c:30:57: error: ‘THIS_MODULE’ undeclared (first use in this function) /home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk/audio.c:30:57: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in make[2]: *** [/home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk/audio.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/home/nick/line6linux/driver/trunk] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic-pae' make: * [default] Error 2

Looks like these folks also had similar problems: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1163608&page=3

Answer 1

I'm guessing that this is what you're installing.

The problem is that you need to specify the version of linux-headers to install. If you run apt-cache search linux-headers, you'll see there are many different versions. To install the correct version, run

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

This will automatically install the linux-headers for your particular system. After this point, the rest of the commands (make, etc) should work fine.

And regarding copying/pasting in the terminal versus elsewhere: Ctrl+Shift+C copies text you've selected in the terminal, whereas Ctrl+C copies text you've selected elsewhere (e.g., Firefox/Chrome). Similarly, use Ctrl+Shift+V to paste in the terminal and Ctrl+V to paste elsewhere.