Everything that includes the source code of Unix programs for example compiling, installing or how to retrieve the code for studying.
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Where is the kernel source for a cross-complied kernel rpi
I have cross-compiled and installed the Linux kernel with the real-time patch, version 3.18.16-rt13-v7+, on a raspberrypi but then I can't find the current kernel source in /usr/src. Then I tried the ...
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Installing specific version of python and its dependencies in chroot enviroment
I'm trying to install python from source on chroot environment in CentOS 7.1, If I'm using ./configure --prefix=/chroot but I need to find the dependencies and copy them to chroot directory also, How ...
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Can't find source package with apt-get source on Debian Squeeze
I have an old server running Debian Squeeze. I'm trying to download the source of some package so that I can patch it manually. However, apt-get source fails for every package I try. An example:
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What is a kernel-source-tree?
What is the Linux kernel source tree?
What does it contain and what is its purpose?
I'm trying to build an external module and the tutorial I'm using says to make sure that a kernel source tree is ...
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How to change Linux kernel version
I have downloaded and unzipped the Linux Kernel. What file(s) in kernel source file(s) are responsible for displaying Version string in uname ?
I want set version to 10, without dots 10.0.5
# uname ...
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See content of sourced script
When I source a script in bash, is there a possibility to look at the script, that I just sourced, without accessing the script itself?
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Can't find GNU Icecat (or Firefox) source code
I've been using GNU Icecat Browser (libre Firefox version made by Gnuzilla) for some weeks. I've been diving through its menus and I found an error:
When I get into the 'Customize Mode' (the one that ...
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Why do the clone_flags of do_fork() have different naming conventions? [migrated]
Recently I am studying Linux Kernel Programming and I found some weird things. The clone_flags of do_fork() are listed in <uapi/linux/sched.h>, but I found they have different naming conventions ...
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How to study the linux kernel source? [closed]
I have finished studying Operating Systems about a year ago, and now I'm interested in linux. So I plan to study Linux from the source code. But when I look at the source code, it is really big in ...
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Merging text file directories
I have two directories: Libc-825 and Libc-1044. Imagine that version 1044 is newer, but buggy. Is there a way to merge these file trees? I have there C sources with not so big differences. I have ...
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JDK 1.4.2 - where can I download the source?
I want to install Java JRE 1.4.2 or JDK 1.4.2 on a recent Amazon Linux server. The best option so far seems to install from source. However - where can I download this? I believe 1.4 is still from the ...
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Putting RPM files along with Proprietary source code in common repository
We have a large Repository of Proprietary source code (C, C++, PerlScripts, MakeFiles) which does not contain the compiled object files. When running the Build Process on a workspace, the object files ...
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problems installing Banshee from source
I'm running VOID linux on a HP 6930p laptop, and I am trying to install Banshee from source. As I am working on getting all of the depends installed When I run ./configure I now get this message.
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Setting env variable through script on current session
Is there a possible way of setting env variable through script on current session.
I have tried source option. But this works on the shell not through script.
here is my script content
source ...
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Why are programs not distributed in compiled format?
But they give instructions like
cd downloaded_program
./configure
make install
This creates the ELF that is needed, and probably some .so files.
Why not put those inside a zip file for download, ...
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OpenBSD: is safe to delete /usr/src?
After I successfully upgraded OpenBSD, I wanted to upgrade my sources. I want to know, is it safer to delete /usr/src and then extract src.tar.gz, or is it better to preserve the already existing ...
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common environment variable to set dark or light terminal background
I have written a number of debuggers that all can colorize source code text shown in a terminal session. They all understand that some terminals have a dark background and some have a light background ...
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Difference between two almost same command
Please consider two following command:
$ echo ls | xargs -I cmd echo cmd | source /dev/stdin
$ echo ls | source /dev/stdin
What's the difference between these commands? In my machine the result of ...
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What happen to outdates sources.list files?
I have an old Kali Linux 1.1.0a on an USB stick and tried to install today on an old laptop. During installation i get errors fetching from web mirror and also after rebooting into the newly installed ...
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Where is `scanf` implementation source code?
I want to find C source code for scanf implementation on Linux machine. Googling to find scanf implementation does not tell me the way to find it. I tried to find that source code from gcc source tree ...
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Installing libusb 1.0.9 on Debian 8 Jessie
I am new to Linux so I don't really know how to install from source.
I went to libusb.org and downloaded the latest version of libusb.
Where do I put it?
When I follow the install instructions, ...
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Building projects from source - determining / changing bin location?
I have pulled down a git repository for Ansible and followed the instructions to build it. I'm not familiar with the process of building from source and am somewhat confused.
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How to find my CPU's drivers source?
I would like to read my CPU's open source drivers. I assume that drivers are located in kernel sources - how can I find out what driver is my CPU using, and where can I find this driver?
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Error while trying to compile/install kernel, 4.1.6 on Ubuntu 15.04
I'm trying kernel compilation in Linux for the first time. I'm using the guide here to learn the basics. I'm able to pull the source code from the git repository, and can compile it. However, I run ...
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How to know the source repository of a package in debian?
In Debian, AFAIK some packages are maintained in subversion, while some are maintained in git, some are maintained in Subversion/SVN (famously team-pkg-gnome) and others in some other VCS.
Is there ...
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Installing libx11-devel from source, error in string.h
I'm running
Linux version 2.6.32-504.8.1.el6.x86_64 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) (GCC)
and trying to install libX11-devel from source on a ...
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/usr/share/src?
Source code is text; text is architecture-independent data (i.e., /usr/shareable).
Would it be, for some reason, a bad idea to have /usr/src/ link into /usr/share/src in a Linux distro?
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Best way to make variables local in a source'd bash script?
I have a bash script that generates a report on the progress of some long-running jobs on the machine. Basically, this parent script loops through a list of child scripts (calling them all with ...
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How to get the name of USB driver in use in linux
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 on my laptop. I'm having USB related issues in my laptop. It works sometimes and sometimes doesn't. I thought of fixing the issue myself.
So, I wanted to know if there is a ...
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Man-pages don't include all relevant information
Consider the man-page of this function: sysconf It doesn't have all the information that I need (e.g. all the system variables to be queried).
This is an example of what I need:
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How can I uninstall MySQL if I have compiled it from source?
I'm trying to uninstall MySQL but when I get inside the directory and type
make uninstall
It get:
make: *** No rule to make target `uninstall'. Stop.
I've read that I have to delete all ...
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Where is RAX-ARGOFFSET defined?
In Linux 3.16, in asm/x86/kernel/entry_64.S, the following line references RAX-ARGOFFSET (also see [src]):
424 movq %rax,RAX-ARGOFFSET(%rsp)
But I can not find where RAX-ARGOFFSET is ...
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How to create source deb for package with binaries and non-binaries?
I am currently making a deb package with a collection of plain programs (e.g. shell scripts, python code, etc) and binaries (C code compiled with gcc). In order to meet the guidelines for package ...
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How to get source of packages in Manjaro
I am trying to study the source code of popular packages as a learning method. I am running Manjaro 0.8.13, and it says it is based on Arch Linux. I've used Arch before, so I know it has the ABS to ...
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Editing make process?
So.. I figure this is alright to ask around here.
https://github.com/swarren/u-boot — I have this, need to get the binary so I can finally run something other than Raspbian on the Pi.
The ...
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Compiling Python 2.7.10 Error
I want to add Python 2.7 to my Unix.
I downloaded the sources to the VirtualBox on which the Unix is installed and run
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--enable-shared \
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Need advice fixing this source error in Kali Linux
W: GPG error: http://http.kali `enter code here`.org kali Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository <[email protected]>
*This is the result i ...
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Mediatomb apt source on Debian Jessie
I would like to install Mediatomb on my Debian Jessie. I keep seeing everywhere that people install it as simple as
sudo apt-get install mediatomb
but apparently I don't have mediatomb in my ...
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source multiple files and output one file
I have a file name "conf1" containing variables like:
name='john'
last=''
custom='1000'
and another file name conf2 like this:
name='john'
last='star'
I want to merge between them to one file ...
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Do I have to publish kernel source if I release a custom kernel?
I have a kernel for an android phone ready for release. I always have the current source code already pushed to GitHub for release builds. However, I also have an experimental folder on my server ...
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How can I execute and export in a single shellscript
I have two shell scripts.
$ cat java_alternative_7
#!/bin/sh
sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-7-oracle
$ cat java_home_7
#!/bin/sh
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle
It's simple that ...
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Getting the diff of a package update
Before (or after) updating a package with apt-get update, how can I view the source code diff between the the new and the old version?
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How to manage Debian source code packages using aptitude or apt?
Background: I would like to regularly download and install source to /usr/src for certain important development packages. (For me: Qt5 and friends.)
I have seen this other question about one-time ...
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Installing latest libcurl on debian from source
So I need libcurl (dev) on my debian 8 machine. I have two issues with this:
A) apt-get install libcurl-dev gives me an error:
E: Package 'libcurl-dev' has no installation candidate
B) It's pretty ...
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How do I find all and any 'C' files which are in Debian archive (either in source or in binary)
How do I find all the files either in source or in binary form in Debian package archive?
I tried the following but results were not helpful at all:
apt-file search *.c
and
apt-file search *.cc
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How to test modified FreeBSD source code?
I am trying to modify the default congestion control algorithm in FreeBSD (NewReno) by creating a copy of the source file (cc_newreno.c, located in /usr/src/sys/netinet/cc) called cc_newreno_mod.c and ...
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Recreation of apt based source download
Source for a apt package can be obtained with the command:
apt-get source foo
This produces a directory with four entries in it: a directory of source and three files, foo*****.dsc, foo*****.tar.gz ...
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Unpacking source Debian package that has a tar.xz
I've download the .tar.gz, .dsc and .diff.gz of the bash package from Wheezy: https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/bash. Then I ran dpkg-source -x on the dsc file to unpack it, and this is the result:
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Find out which kernel source files were used when kernel was compiled
I am compiling the Linux kernel for my specific hardware and I only select the drivers/options which I really need. This is in contrast to a typical distribution kernel, where they compile almost ...
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How to fetch source iproute(2.6.32.130) not patches
I want to look at the source of below package.
[root@ovs-1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep iproute
iproute-2.6.32-130.el6ost.netns.3.x86_64
I tried to install the src rpm as below, it showing below error.
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