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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to install kernel source? Post 302471209 by pinga123 on Friday 12th of November 2010 11:04:27 AM
Old 11-12-2010
confused over which one to install Smilie
Quote:
# yum search kernel
=============================== Matched: kernel ================================
nfs-utils.i386 : NFS utilities and supporting clients and daemons for the kernel
: NFS server.
MAKEDEV.i386 : A program used for creating device files in /dev.
SysVinit.i386 : Programs which control basic system processes.
crash.i386 : crash utility for live systems; netdump, diskdump, kdump, LKCD or
: mcore dumpfiles
device-mapper-multipath.i386 : Tools to manage multipath devices using device-
: mapper.
ebtables.i386 : Ethernet Bridge frame table administration tool
ethtool.i386 : Ethernet settings tool for PCI ethernet cards
iproute.i386 : Advanced IP routing and network device configuration tools.
ipsec-tools.i386 : Tools for configuring and using IPSEC
iptables.i386 : Tools for managing Linux kernel packet filtering capabilities.
iptables-ipv6.i386 : IPv6 support for iptables.
kernel.i686 : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
kernel-ovs.i686 : The Linux Domain-0 kernel compiled with latest Xen support
libaio.i386 : Linux-native asynchronous I/O access library
libselinux.i386 : SELinux library and simple utilities
libsepol.i386 : SELinux binary policy manipulation library
libsysfs.i386 : Shared library for interfacing with sysfs
libvolume_id.i386 : Dynamic libraries to get volume ids
lm_sensors.i386 : Hardware monitoring tools.
mcstrans.i386 : SELinux Translation Daemon
mkinitrd.i386 : Creates an initial ramdisk image for preloading modules.
module-init-tools.i386 : Kernel module management utilities.
pam.i386 : A security tool which provides authentication for applications
pciutils.i386 : PCI bus related utilities.
rdac-mpp-tools.i686 : Tools to manage multipath proxy driver using linuxrdac
rp-pppoe.i386 : A PPP over Ethernet client (for xDSL support).
setarch.i386 : Personality setter
sysklogd.i386 : System logging and kernel message trapping daemons.
syslinux.i386 : Simple kernel loader which boots from a FAT filesystem
udev.i386 : A userspace implementation of devfs
xen.i386 : Xen is a virtual machine monitor
xen-64.noarch : Xen is a virtual machine monitor
xen-debugger.noarch : Xen is a virtual machine monitor
---------- Post updated at 11:04 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:43 AM ----------

I have got kernel-2.6.18-128.2.1.4.9.el5.src.rpm from the source CD .
Now i m confused how to install it .
As even running rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.18-128.2.1.4.9.el5.src.rpm
I m getting same error.
 

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grub-file

GRUB-FILE(1)                                                       User Commands                                                      GRUB-FILE(1)

NAME

       grub-file - check file type

SYNOPSIS

       file OPTIONS FILE

DESCRIPTION

       Check if FILE is of specified type.

       --is-i386-xen-pae-domu
              Check if FILE can be booted as i386 PAE Xen unprivileged guest kernel

       --is-x86_64-xen-domu
              Check if FILE can be booted as x86_64 Xen unprivileged guest kernel

       --is-x86-xen-dom0
              Check if FILE can be used as Xen x86 privileged guest kernel

       --is-x86-multiboot
              Check if FILE can be used as x86 multiboot kernel

       --is-x86-multiboot2 Check if FILE can be used as x86 multiboot2 kernel

       --is-arm-linux
              Check if FILE is ARM Linux

       --is-arm64-linux
              Check if FILE is ARM64 Linux

       --is-ia64-linux
              Check if FILE is IA64 Linux

       --is-mips-linux
              Check if FILE is MIPS Linux

       --is-mipsel-linux
              Check if FILE is MIPSEL Linux

       --is-sparc64-linux
              Check if FILE is SPARC64 Linux

       --is-powerpc-linux
              Check if FILE is POWERPC Linux

       --is-x86-linux
              Check if FILE is x86 Linux

       --is-x86-linux32
              Check if FILE is x86 Linux supporting 32-bit protocol

       --is-x86-kfreebsd
              Check if FILE is x86 kFreeBSD

       --is-i386-kfreebsd
              Check if FILE is i386 kFreeBSD

       --is-x86_64-kfreebsd
              Check if FILE is x86_64 kFreeBSD

       --is-x86-knetbsd
              Check if FILE is x86 kNetBSD

       --is-i386-knetbsd
              Check if FILE is i386 kNetBSD

       --is-x86_64-knetbsd Check if FILE is x86_64 kNetBSD

       --is-i386-efi
              Check if FILE is i386 EFI file

       --is-x86_64-efi
              Check if FILE is x86_64 EFI file

       --is-ia64-efi
              Check if FILE is IA64 EFI file

       --is-arm64-efi
              Check if FILE is ARM64 EFI file

       --is-arm-efi
              Check if FILE is ARM EFI file

       --is-hibernated-hiberfil
              Check if FILE is hiberfil.sys in hibernated state

       --is-x86_64-xnu
              Check if FILE is x86_64 XNU (Mac OS X kernel)

       --is-i386-xnu
              Check if FILE is i386 XNU (Mac OS X kernel)

       --is-xnu-hibr
              Check if FILE is XNU (Mac OS X kernel) hibernated image

       --is-x86-bios-bootsector
              Check if FILE is BIOS bootsector

       -h, --help              Display this help and exit.  -u, --usage             Display the usage of this command and exit.

SEE ALSO

       The  full documentation for grub-file is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and grub-file programs are properly installed at your
       site, the command

              info grub-file

       should give you access to the complete manual.

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