Hi..
Is kernel-source included in the debian-31r1-i386-binary-1.iso cd image. There isn't a usr/src/linux directory, apt-get install says the source isnt there, apt-cache search doesnt return anything for kernel-source. I must admit i've never done anything in Linux before.. Do I download and compile the source..?
Thanx..

Just install the source with apt-get. If you had included the exact installation you have, I'd have written out the apt-get statement. Testing or unstable is slightly different than stable.

Are you using Sarge CD1 as apt source plus other cds or CD1 plus internet connection? How far into installation have you gotten? What does your /etc/apt/sources.list look like?

rickh: I did apt-get install kernel-source but it said that the package kernel-source is referred to by another package but could not be found which means that it is either missing or available from another source

lestoil: I have Sarge CD1,that's all.I've installed the OS from it and am trying to install the peripherals now for which I need the source.im not connected to the net from my debian box..the sources.list lists the sources as
file:///cdrom/sarge main
cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r1 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1(20051220)/unstable contrib main
http:||security.debian.org/stable/updates main contrib

If the source is in fact not in CD1 then wouldnt it be better to just get the source rather than download another whole CD..?

Assuming you could do an apt-get, even to get that error message, you have enough installed to carry on.

You can't just 'apt-get install kernel-source' You have to identify which one. The one that matches the kernel you have installed.

Example:

# uname -r
2.6.8-2-i386
# apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.8-2-i386

...and my guess would be that you may only need the headers
# apt-get install kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-i386

Of course if the source and or headers is not on your cd, you'll have to get an internet connection. I can't imagine trying to get a working system without the internet, but I guess it's possible.

as a sidenote, don't forget to apt-get update before you do this. you might just not have the database, judging from those errors you got trying to search apt-cache.