| created on | January 19, 2022 |
preparations
- get kernel sources tarball from kernel.org
- copy tarball to /usr/src/linux and extract it
- cd into dir linux-<version>, created during extracting of the kernel tarball
- copy /boot/config-<version>/.config or run ‘make olddefconfig’
- run ‘make menuconfig’, edit config, save config and exit
compiling
make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-customname kernel_image kernel_headers
installing the new kernel
dpkg -i ../linux-*.deb
kernel removal
kernel has been built with make-kpkg or make deb-pkg
list the kernels installed with
dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image
.
remove the kernel with
apt-get remove linux-image-<version>-<arch>
.