Re: No rule to make target 'modules'

[Robert Hancock]

Kevin Crofts wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm a complete Newbie to Linux and I am trying to compile a driver and
> application on Red Hat 9.0. I have installed Red Hat 9.0 without GUI
> and only development tools. I have installed the source code from Disk2
> - Kernel-source-2.4.20-8.I386.rpm.
> I then ran
> make mrproper
> I removed 'custom' from the Makefile in /usr/drc/linux-2.4.20-8/Makefile
> EXTRAVERSION = -8custom

Don't do this, you'll trash your existing kernel.

> I then ran
> make oldconfig
> make dep
> make modules && make modules_install
> I can see files in /lib/modules/2.3.20-8/build and also I can see Rules.make
> in this folder.
> When I run Make in the application folder I get the following error:
> No rule to make target 'modules'.

What application folder?

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