OpenPeta » compilation http://openpeta.com Open Mind .... Open Source ... Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:20:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Six Easy Steps to Compiling and Installing Linux Kernel http://openpeta.com/index.php/2010/01/six-easy-steps-to-compiling-and-installing-linux-kernel/ http://openpeta.com/index.php/2010/01/six-easy-steps-to-compiling-and-installing-linux-kernel/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:59:41 +0000 admin http://www.openpeta.com/?p=580

Compiling Linux Kernel is used for making your system as very customizable one . User can change kernel modules and device drivers based on their need . Suppose if i want to disable wireless support in my desktop PC [because wifi card is not available in my system] . i can recompile and disable that option in my existing kernel. In this article , the kernel compilation has been described in Six Easy Steps

1. Download the latest version of kernel from
http://kernel.org
The Latest kernel at the time of writing this  documentation
linux-2.6.32.3.tar.gz
or
linux-2.6.32.3.tar.gz
2. Unzip or Extract the archive file [Need Root Privileges ]
# su
# tar -xzvf linux-2.6.32.3.tar.gz -C /usr/src
or
# tar -xjvf linux-2.6.32.3.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src
3. Configure Modules and Drivers [Enable or Disable Drivers Here]
# make menuconfig   (for text mode)
or
# make xconfig      (for xwindow)
or
# make gconfig      (for GNOME – Recommended)
5. Compile Kernel [make command will take min 15 minutes to compile the kernel ]
# make
# make modules
# make modules_install
6. Install Kernel
# make install
Thats it. Now You can use new kernel in your favorite Linux flavors .
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