[Linux-disciples] where to compile from

Stephen R Laniel steve at laniels.org
Thu Apr 28 15:32:34 EDT 2005


On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 01:11:51PM -0500, Karl Sokol wrote:
> Am I correct in assuming that my kernel-source needs to match the installed
> kernel?  If so, where should I find the source.  I am still a little confused
> as to where general linux code ends and where distribution specific packages
> begin.

The kernel source packages all begin with 'linux-source'.
Again, I'm confused about whether to do

apt-get source linux-image-[foo]

or

apt-get install linux-source-[foo]

but those are the packages you want to deal with. Then
follow the instructions here:

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/KernelBuildpackageDetailedHowto

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