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Old 2nd March 2009, 12:32 AM
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How to get the kernel sources?

Hello,

Is it possible to get a package via yum that has the kernel sources? In the "Add/Remove Software" GUI program, I have enabled the "Fedora source" s/w repository. Even then, the only kernel package I can find is the "The Linux Kernel", linux-2.6.27.15-170... which essentially provides only the kernel binaries and headers but not the source.

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Old 2nd March 2009, 12:34 AM
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Try


Code:
yumdownloader --source kernel
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Old 2nd March 2009, 01:16 AM
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That did it. Thanks!
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Old 17th June 2009, 09:06 PM
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i tried the same, but i'm using F11 x64, and i think that it downloaded the 32bit kernel source...
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Old 17th June 2009, 11:08 PM
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The source is the same for both 64 and 32 bit kernels
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Old 21st June 2009, 12:58 AM
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The source is the same for both 64 and 32 bit kernels
I see... That means i really don't know nothing about Linux...
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