Section 3.3. What to Do with the Source

3.3. What to Do with the Source

Now that you have downloaded the proper kernel source, where is it supposed to go? We suggest creating a local directory in your home directory called linux to hold all of the different kernel source files:

 $ mkdir ~/linux 

Now move the source code into this directory:

 $ mv ~/linux-2.6.17.8.tar.gz ~/linux/ 

And go into the linux directory:

 $ cd ~/linux $ ls linux-2.6.17.8.tar.gz 

Now that the source code is in the proper directory, uncompress the tree:

 $ tar -xzvf linux-2.6.17.8.tar.gz 

The screen will be filled with files that are uncompressed, and you will be left with the following in the linux/ directory:

 $ ls linux-2.6.17.8.tar.gz linux-2.6.17.8/