Step-by-step – Build Kernel CentOS 8.x/Stream-8 Guide

Downloading

3. 3. Downloading Linux Kernel

   Download Linux Kernel Source Code for CentOS GNU/Linux

   Linux Kernel tar.xz Archive

   Downloading Linux Kernel for CentOS

   Grab the tar.xz or tar.gz Archive from the List.

4. 4. Extracting Linux Kernel Archive

   Then Extract Linux Kernel into the target Directory
   First, access it:

   cd ~/kernel

   Then to untar the downloaded Kernel Source into the current Folder run:

   tar -xafv ~/Downloads/linux*.tar.xz

   Or in case of a tar.gz Archive use instead:

   tar -xvzf ~/Downloads/linux*.tar.gz