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Old 07-27-2004, 05:59 PM   #1
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Easy kernel RPM question.


Im trying to install a piece of software right now that requires me to know the location of my kernel. Normally, it would be under /usr/src/linux-xxx, but since I installed my kernel from an RPM it is not there. Does anyone know where a kernel source ends up if you install from an RPM?
 
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"Im trying to install a piece of software right now that requires me to know the location of my kernel. Normally, it would be under /usr/src/linux-xxx, but since I installed my kernel from an RPM it is not there. Does anyone know where a kernel source ends up if you install from an RPM?"

When you installed your kernel from an rpm you installed a binary package. A binary package contains no source so no kernel source was installed. You need to install the kernel source rpm that corresponds to the kernel binary package that you installed.

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