[opensuse] A "missing directory" required for NIC-driver installation

I now have on my notebook machine an installation of v11.2/KDE4need to
install a dri, exactly in the condition in which it was installed from
the DVD, but with the kernel source added. In order to go further (to
update it and to install Enlighten with which to replace the KDE4), I
need to install a driver for the NIC (RealTek r8166).

I have the driver, and have extracted it from the archive in which it
came:

#tar -jxvf r8168-8.015.00.tar.bz2

and need now to compile it. The first line of the makefile is (followed by
its consequences):

# make clean modules
make -C src/ clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src'
rm -rf *.o *.ko *~ core* .dep* .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c *.a
*.s .*.flags .tmp_versions Module.symvers Modules.symvers Module.markers
*.order
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src'
make -C src/ modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build
SUBDIRS=/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src modules
make: Entering an unknown directory
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build: No such file or
directory. Stop.
make: Leaving an unknown directory
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
#

What exactly is it that happened? I am not clear on what is the name of
the directory(?) that is missing. "modules"? Doesn't sount likely.

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Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel
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