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Old 11-12-2010
How to install kernel source?
During installation of one of driver i needed to

Remove any earlier version drivers using
make clean -r command.

Where i m getting following error.
Code:
# make clean -r
Kernel source is not installed
make: *** [kernelsrccheck] Error 1

My kernel version

Code:
# uname -r
2.6.18-128.2.1.4.9.el5xen

Where would i get kernel source ?
How should i install it.
# 2  
Old 11-12-2010
Try (as root) yum install kernel-devel
# 3  
Old 11-12-2010
Quote:
# yum install kernel-devel
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package kernel-devel available.
Nothing to do
However i can see following options for O.S download.
Oracle VM Server 2.2.0 373M
Oracle VM Server 2.2.0 Source 600M

Will i get the kernel source in 2nd CD?
# 4  
Old 11-12-2010
Do a search for the keyword kernel, eg yum search kernel, and look through the package descriptions.
# 5  
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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