Where'd /usr/src/linux go?

[gwhitney]

I'm working on learning this still but here's an easy one hopefully.

I just installed RH 7.0 on a laptop and have one problem. I don't have a /usr/src/linux. The linux directory is missing. I need to recompile the kernel. I can't see where Redhat put that information anywhere else. How do I get it? Thanks.

[teeitup]

/usr/src/linux/ is not a real directory, simply a symbolic link to the source code directory.

Are there any other directories in /usr/src/?

Something like kernel-source-2.4.5

If so you need to create a link for ease of use:
cd /usr/src
ln -s /usr/src/kernel-source-2.X.X linux

do an ls and verify a linux@ file exists.

If the kernel-source directory is not there you need to get the source code.

[tecknophreak]

If you don't have the right files, get kernel-source-2.4.5.rpm from ftp.redhat.com and install that. I just did the same thing, it didn't get installed when I put RH 7.1 in. Thus my previous posts.

[ 02 July 2001: Message edited by: tecknophreak ]

[Craig McPherson]

You really should get your kernel sources directly from kernel.org. Just grab the tarball from there and unzip it. I've never seen the purpose of kernel source packages.