Woooo!!! Got hostapd to activate on my RPi0W, compiled in dietpi…it took ALOT of installing missing packages…but got it
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd
root@DietPi:/usr/local/bin# ./hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd-minimal.conf
wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->ENABLED
wlan0: AP-ENABLED
however I lost connectivity…testing further…I have a .deb created with checkinstall
https://mega.nz/file/uU0gCKAB#S1WGn84jFlZTuudtb_fdAfMRBqXYQjeMaGcQWS1-JZk