kernel sources

[ITA]freeware · 09-17-2004, 02:19 PM

hei guys i have a strange problem: if i install kern sources by rpm or yum it says that it is already installed. but in /usr/src there inst anything...can i install sources by targz?

finegan · 09-17-2004, 02:23 PM

Yeah, of course... hand installing your own kernel is one of the safest things to do that usually doesn't mangle a package manager. Also, check that you're getting the right rpm and not just the kernel-source-headers package that might be the holdup with yum.

Cheers,

Finegan

masand · 09-17-2004, 02:24 PM

hi there

u can always extract from the .tar.gz , tar.bz2 kernel sources file
that u get from kernel.org

regards