PandorasBox
2017-09-29, 14:28
I downloaded and installed Kali Linux Full Rolling edition.
I read the manuals and figured out that I need to download the source files for my kernel before I can install 3rd party drivers and patches.
I followed the instructions in https://docs.kali.org/development/recompiling-the-kali-linux-kernel
My sources.list file is;
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
I did the apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade and rebooted
I then typed uname -a and get;
Linux localhost 4.12.0-kali2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.12.12-2kali1 (2017-09-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux
So my Kernel is version 4.12, yet the Kali Docs say
We assume that the linux-source-4.9 binary package has been installed
I assume that because I am using the rolling edtion of Kali it is using an older version of the kernel than the dev version uses.
Is it possible to update my kernel to the latest kernel using the instructions in the Docs without breaking my installation of rolling ?
What exactly is rolling ? If I am going to be patching drivers do I need the dev version ?
Can I reconfigure my rolling edition to become a dev version ?
I read the manuals and figured out that I need to download the source files for my kernel before I can install 3rd party drivers and patches.
I followed the instructions in https://docs.kali.org/development/recompiling-the-kali-linux-kernel
My sources.list file is;
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
I did the apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade and rebooted
I then typed uname -a and get;
Linux localhost 4.12.0-kali2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.12.12-2kali1 (2017-09-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux
So my Kernel is version 4.12, yet the Kali Docs say
We assume that the linux-source-4.9 binary package has been installed
I assume that because I am using the rolling edtion of Kali it is using an older version of the kernel than the dev version uses.
Is it possible to update my kernel to the latest kernel using the instructions in the Docs without breaking my installation of rolling ?
What exactly is rolling ? If I am going to be patching drivers do I need the dev version ?
Can I reconfigure my rolling edition to become a dev version ?