Here are the requirements from the
README:
o linux kernel 2.2.12 # cat /proc/version
o XFree86 4.0.1 # XFree86 -version
o Kernel modutils 2.1.121 # insmod -V
If you need to build the NVIDIA kernel module:
o binutils 2.9.5 # size --version
o GNU make 3.77 # make --version
o gcc 2.91.66 # gcc --version
If you build from source rpms:
o spec-helper rpm # rpm -qi spec-helper
Make sure you have them!