[NTLUG:Discuss] Recompiling the kernel

Michael Patrick michael at techiesplace.com
Mon Sep 2 10:07:24 CDT 2002


make mrproper
make xconfig


they are targets for 'make'

Michael

On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 10:00:37AM -0500, Merlin wrote:
> I have yet another stupid question.  I found the instructions at redhat.com 
> for recompiling the kernel.  However, I can't seem to make it work.
> 
> I verified that I have the kernel-source package installed, and I do.  I then 
> cd'd to /usr/src/linux-2.4 in order to run the necessary commands.  However, I 
> do not seem to have `mrproper' or `xconfig' installed.  I tried `whereis' and 
> couldn't find either of them.
> 
> How do I query the RPM database to find out what package a particular command 
> is in?
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> -- 
> Merlin
> 
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