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Re: kernel source
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David Sommerseth <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:13:01 +0100
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On 19/03/14 14:10, Mahmood Naderan wrote:
> Hi
> How can I test/install the kernel source in SL6.3? Which package
> should I search? Should I run "yum install kernel-headers" only? or
> there are some other related packages?

Try:

  yumdownloader --source kernel

This will download the source RPM for the running kernel (iirc).  Then
you just install the RPM file (can be a non-root user) and go into
~/rpmbuild/SPECS where you do:  rpmbuild -bp kernel.spec

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kind regards,

David Sommerseth

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