ihavenick
Hello ! in this post i will show you how to build linux kernel.
I used Ubuntu 14.04.01 (You can use another distro, there will be only few changes)
Firstly we must download req. and kernel source.
You can download kernel from There
– I suggest you to download stable version
When you download source code , unzip it to a easy locallition (i extracted it to /home/ihavenick/kernel)
(You can untar kernel from terminal via tar -xf kernelx.xx.x.tar.xz)
sudo apt-get install gcc dpkg-dev libncurses5-dev
When you installed them run this command at kernel source folder.
make menuconfig
In this menu you will customize kernel .Like you can add or remove drivers.
- To chose press “Space”
- For go back menu press twice “ESC”
- For entering menus press “Enter”
- For pressing bottom buttons press “Tab”
While saving configurations it will ask file name .Save it without renaming. (“.config”)
you can now leave this configuration with spamming esc button.
Now we come to longest part.
write to terminal
make -j 6 KDEB_PKGVERSION=(anumberwhatyouwant).(anameyouwant) dep-pkg
Exp.
make -j 6 KDEB_PKGVERSION=1.ihavenick dep-pkg
Now its started to build.It will take 10min-2 hours.
When its finished go to folder that contains .deb and write to terminal
sudo dpkg -i ../linux*.deb
That means install all kernel .deb files in the folder.
When its finish you can restart and use your kernel in your linux computer.
Now mine tutorial is finished.If your kernel works right you can delete older kernel.
Have fun!