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NAME="AEN609">10.1. Installing the Linux Kernel source</H1
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>The following are brief instructions for obtaining and installing the
Linux kernel sources. Full information can be obtained from <A
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>The Linux Kernel HOWTO</A
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>Change directory to the <TT
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>/usr/src</TT
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<TT
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>cd /usr/src</TT
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>Check in <TT
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>If you don't have the sources, get them from <A
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>Linux kernel source directory</A
> or your nearest mirror.

Select the appropriate directory- v2.0 if you are running a 2.0.x
kernel, or v2.2 if you are running a 2.2.x kernel.

If you are looking for earlier versions of the kernel (such as 1.2.X),
these are kept in <A
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>Choose the appropriate kernel - usually the most recent one
available is what you are looking for. Retrieve this and put the source
tar file in <TT
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>/usr/src</TT
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<EM
>Note</EM
>: a 'tar' file is an archive - possibly compressed (as are the
Linux kernel source tar files) containing many files in a number of
directories. It is the Linux equivalent of a DOS multi-directory zip file.&#13;</P
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>If you already have the Linux sources installed but are upgrading
to a new kernel, you must remove the old sources. Use the
command

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>rm -rf /usr/src/linux</TT
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>Now uncompress and extract the sources using the command

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>tar xzf linux-X.X.XX.tar.gz</TT
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where "X.X.XX" is the version of the kernel you downloaded.</P
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>Now, <TT
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>cd /usr/src/linux</TT
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an excellent explanation of how to go about configuring and compiling a
new kernel. Read this file, (it's a good idea to print it out and have a
copy handy whilst you are compiling until you have done this enough
times to know your way around).</P
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