How to Build Kernel on Oracle Linux 9 – Step-by-step

Downloading

3. 3. Downloading Linux Kernel

   Download Linux Kernel Source Code for Oracle GNU/Linux

   Linux Kernel tar.xz Archive

   Downloading Linux Kernel for Oracle Linux

   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