need help for installing source code

[Kuldeep Prakash]

Hello Paul
  I am feeling little stupid now , I have been trying to build kernel
for last 2 weeks but am stuck till now.
    I tried the following the steps mentioned at the  link
  http://crab-lab.zool.ohiou.edu/kevin/kernel-compilation-tutorial-en/steps.html
but couldn't even pass through the first step mentioned in the doc.
 That is
  ~/.rpmmacros
couldn't find this file in my installation.

But than I went to the fourth step 

•  Install Source
Use rpm to install the kernel source code. 
rpm -ihv kernel-XXX.src.rpm

but got the error as I had mentioned in my last mail.


I have bought the Linux at the local book store. Its red had fedora
core 3 , with four installation CDs and four source code cds.

Can you please give me more detailed instruction so that I can proceed a little.
				
thanx and regards
Kuldeep




On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:54:53 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 13:29 +0530, Kuldeep Prakash wrote:
> > Hello  Paul ,
> >  thanx for the suggestion , I tried it and got stuck at the next step :(
> >  there is a file in one of the cd , the file name is
> > kernel-2.6.9_1.667.src.rpm , I assume its the kernel source code.
> >   I tried to extract the source code by following command
> > rpm -ihv ../SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9_1.667.src.rpm
> >   I got the following output
> > warning :../SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9_1.667.src.rpm: V3 DSA singature : NOKEY
> > , Key id 4f2a6fd2
> 
> You can get rid of this warning message using:
> # rpm --import /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-*/RPM-GPG-KEY*
> 
> > 1. Kernel        ############################################## [100 %]
> >
> >
> > Then I tried the following command
> > rpm -K --nosignature --nodigest  ../SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9_1.667.src.rpm
> >
> > I got the following output
> >  ../SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9_1.667.src.rpm : ok
> >
> > but I didnt see any extracted source code file anywhere. What is it
> > that I am doing wrong ???
> >
> > Also can I extract the kernel source in any directory , or I have to
> > do it in /usr/src only.
> >  I am trying to learn how to compile a linux kernel.
> 
> OK, you're using the .src.rpm (good). This does not extract the source
> into /usr/src, but that's not a problem - it doesn't need to be there.
> Just follow the "FC3 method" for building a kernel:
> 
> > > On FC3, see:
> > > http://crab-lab.zool.ohiou.edu/kevin/kernel-compilation-tutorial-en/
> 
> This will result in a customised kernel rpm that you can install and
> uninstall easily on as many machines as you like - very convenient.
> 
> Paul.
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> Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>
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