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Practical Linux Security Cookbook
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Practical Linux Security Cookbook

by Tajinder Kalsi
April 2016
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
276 pages
5h 32m
English
Packt Publishing
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Retrieving a kernel source

Most Linux distributions include kernel sources in them. However, these sources may tend to be a bit out of date. Due to this, we may need to get the latest sources when building or customizing the kernel.

Getting ready

Most of the Linux kernel developer community uses the Git tool to manage source code. Even Ubuntu has integrated Git for its own Linux kernel source code, hence enabling kernel developers to interact better with the community.

We can install the git package using this command:

sudo apt-get install git

How to do it…

The Linux kernel source code can be downloaded from various sources, and we will discuss the methods used to download from these sources:

  • We can find the Linux source code in the form of a complete ...
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