Where can I find the kernel-source

Forum: Apt-get
Topic: Where can I find the kernel-source
started by: satimis

Posted by satimis on Mar. 21 2006,15:44

Hi folks,

I need to recompile the kernel which requires installing kernel-source. But I could not find the kernel-source by running apt

# uname -a

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Linux box 2.4.26 #1 SMP Sa Apr 17 19:33:42 CEST 2004 i686 unknown

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# apt-cache search kernel-source

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kernel-source-2.2.10 - Linux kernel source.
kernel-source-2.2.19 - Linux kernel source for version 2.2.19
kernel-source-2.2.20 - Linux kernel source for version 2.2.20
kernel-source-2.2.22 - Linux kernel source for version 2.2.22
kernel-source-2.4.10 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.10
kernel-source-2.4.14 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.14
kernel-source-2.4.16 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.16
kernel-source-2.4.17 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.17
kernel-source-2.4.17-hppa - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.17 on HPPA
kernel-source-2.4.17-ia64 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.17 on IA-64
kernel-source-2.4.18 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.18
kernel-source-2.4.18-hppa - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.18 on HPPA
kernel-source-2.4.19 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.19

Where can I find the kernel-source-2.4.26 TIA

B.R.
satimis

Posted by roberts on Mar. 21 2006,23:09

Go to www.kernel.org select mirror near you.
Most mirrors have 2.4.26 kernel.
Then grab kernelsource.dsl from the repository System area.
Knoppix uses a standard kernel. The knoppix patch is included in the kernelsource.dsl as well as the .config file.

Posted by satimis on Mar. 22 2006,14:47

[quote=roberts,Mar. 21 2006,18:09][/quote]
Hi roberts,

Tks for your advice.

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Go to www.kernel.org select mirror near you.

Now I have download;
linux-2.4.26.tar.gz
linux-2.4.26.tar.gz.sign

Please advise how to check the former with the latter in the absence of md5sum text file.

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Then grab kernelsource.dsl from the repository System area.

Whether you meant running;

# apt-cache search kernelsource.dsl
no printout

Others noted with tks

B.R.
satimis.

Posted by cloakable on Mar. 31 2006,09:34

Not sure how to check the .sign against the source, but you can get kernelsource.dsl from < here > - apt-get won't fetch it, because the MyDSL stuff isn't an APT repository, AFAIK, and it's not mentioned in /etc/apt/sources.list.

Hope this helps.