Hello, On 9/26/06, Florin Malita <fmalita@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bizhan Gholikhamseh (bgholikh) wrote: > I downloaded the following *RPM from kernel.org*: > I doubt that ;) > kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.src.rpm > My linux version is: > 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5-smp-i686 > Is this a correct version of RPM? > Nope. As Rik was suggesting, you need the *kernel-devel* package: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.i686.rpm > Where should I install it? > RPM takes care of that, just install it: rpm -ivh kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.i686.rpm It will populate /usr/src/kernels/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5-smp-i686/...
Adding one more thing: The rpm packages with name like xxxx.src.rpm are src rpms which contains complete source code. The package (kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.src.rpm) you downloaded earlier has complete kernel source which you only need when compiling linux kernel (or might want to reference source (.c) files). The package Florin mentioned (kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.i686.rpm) contains __only__ .h files which are needed for kernel module compilation. -- Fawad Lateef -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
