[ILUG] FC7 Making a Build Folder from kernel*..src.rpm Problem(s)

[Timothy Murphy]

On Thu 19 Jul 2007, Frank Murphy wrote:
> Why as SU, can't I make said folders....be gentle.
> Or should the folders be preexisting.
>
> Need to install a kernel module, requires this build stuff.
>
> [root at localhost Desktop]# rpm -ivv kernel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7.src.rpm
...
> error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES

Does /usr/src/redhat/ exist?
(I think it would have been created
if you had installed the kernel source with yum.)

Incidentally, I doubt if need this if you are just compiling a kernel module;
the kernel-devel (and possibly kernel-headers) packages should suffice.

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