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https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer
Script to install the Linux kernel from source on Debian-based distributions, for all architectures.
https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer
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Script to install the Linux kernel from source on Debian-based distributions, for all architectures.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer
- Owner: tmiland
- License: mit
- Created: 2022-05-17T19:49:27.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-08-25T16:52:22.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-09-30T02:24:38.376Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: debian, debian-linux, kernel, kernel-install, kernel-installation
- Language: Shell
- Homepage:
- Size: 776 KB
- Stars: 16
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 0
-
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# kernel-installer
Automatic install script for [The Linux kernel](https://www.kernel.org)
Inspired by [LinuxKernelBuild](https://github.com/Angristan/LinuxKernelBuild)
[](https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/releases)
[](https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/blob/master/LICENSE)
### Script to install the latest [stable/mainline/longterm] kernel from source on Debian-based distributions, for all architectures.
[](https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/blob/main/_images/kernel_installer.png)
### Dependencies
Will be installed when running script.
```bash
wget curl git rsync fakeroot build-essential ncurses-dev xz-utils libssl-dev bc liblz4-tool paxctl libelf-dev flex bison
```
### Download the script:
Quick install with default options:
With Curl:
```bash
curl -sSL https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/raw/main/kernel_installer.sh | bash || exit 0
```
With Wget:
```bash
wget -qO - https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/raw/main/kernel_installer.sh | bash || exit 0
```
For latest release
```bash
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/tmiland/kernel-installer/releases/latest \
| grep "browser_download_url.*sh" \
| cut -d : -f 2,3 \
| tr -d \" \
| wget -qi -
```
For main branch
```bash
wget https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/raw/main/kernel_installer.sh
```
Set execute permission:
```bash
chmod +x kernel_installer.sh
```
For usage, run:
```bash
./kernel_installer.sh -h
```
### Help output:
```bash
If called without arguments, installs stable kernel using /opt/linux
--help |-h display this help and exit
--kernel |-k kernel version of choice
--stable |-s stable kernel version 5.18
--mainline |-m mainline kernel version 5.18
--longterm |-l longterm kernel version 5.15.41
--dir |-d install directory
--kexec |-x load new kernel without reboot
--config |-c set configuration target
--verbose |-v increase verbosity
--get-verified-tarball |-gvt cryptographically verify kernel tarball
--nproc |-n set the number of processing units to use
--enable-debug-info |-edi enable debug info
--lowlatency |-low convert generic config to lowlatency
--changelog |-cl view changelog for kernel version
--update |-upd check for script update
--uninstall |-u uninstall kernel
```
To use opt --kernel:
```bash
./kernel_installer.sh --kernel 5.17.8
```
Else use:
```bash
./kernel_installer.sh --stable, --mainline or --longterm separately
```
To use --dir opt:
```bash
./kernel_installer.sh --dir /path/to/dir
```
To load [kernel without reboot](https://linux.die.net/man/8/kexec):
```bash
./kernel_installer.sh --kexec
```
To use --config:
```bash
./kernel_installer.sh --config menuconfig
```
default is `olddefconfig`
### Configuration targets:
```bash
config - Update current config utilising a line-oriented program
nconfig - Update current config utilising a ncurses menu based program
menuconfig - Update current config utilising a menu based program
xconfig - Update current config utilising a QT based front-end
gconfig - Update current config utilising a GTK based front-end
oldconfig - Update current config utilising a provided .config as base
localmodconfig - Update current config disabling modules not loaded
localyesconfig - Update current config converting local mods to core
silentoldconfig - Same as oldconfig, but quietly, additionally update deps
defconfig - New config with default from ARCH supplied defconfig
savedefconfig - Save current config as ./defconfig (minimal config)
allnoconfig - New config where all options are answered with no
allyesconfig - New config where all options are accepted with yes
allmodconfig - New config selecting modules when possible
alldefconfig - New config with all symbols set to default
randconfig - New config with random answer to all options
listnewconfig - List new options
olddefconfig - Same as silentoldconfig but sets new symbols to their default value
kvmconfig - Enable additional options for guest kernel support
tinyconfig - Configure the tiniest possible kernel
```
To use --get-verified-tarball:
```bash
./kernel_installer.sh --get-verified-tarball
```
- [Linux kernel releases PGP signatures](https://www.kernel.org/category/signatures.html)
- Source script [get-verified-tarball](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mricon/korg-helpers.git/tree/get-verified-tarball)
- Installing dependencies `gnupg2` and `gpgv2` if not installed
Used together:
```bash
./kernel_installer.sh --stable --config menuconfig --kexec --dir /path/to/dir --get-verified-tarball
```
Watch install log:
```bash
tail -f ./kernel_installer.log
```
- installation log in kernel_installer.log
- [./src/slib.sh](https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/blob/main/src/slib.sh) function script is sourced remotely if not found locally
- This script is a combination of functions for spinners, colors and logging
- Source: Spinner: [swelljoe/spinner](https://github.com/swelljoe/spinner)
- Source: Run ok: [swelljoe/run_ok](https://github.com/swelljoe/run_ok)
- Source: Slog: [swelljoe/slog](https://github.com/swelljoe/slog)
- Source: Slib: [virtualmin/slib](https://github.com/virtualmin/slib)
***Note: you will need to run this script as root***
If root password is not set, type:
```bash
sudo passwd root
```
Then:
```bash
su root
```
## Uninstall kernel
To uninstall previously installed kernel:
```bash
./kernel_installer.sh --uninstall --kernel 5.17.7
```
- You will be prompted with a yes/no answer
## Testing
Tested and working on: Debian 11
- See [kernel_installer.log](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/main/log/kernel_installer.log)
## Feature request and bug reports
- [Bug report](https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/issues/new?assignees=tmiland&labels=bug&template=bug_report.md&title=Bug-report:)
- [Feature request](https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/issues/new?assignees=tmiland&labels=enhancement&template=feature_request.md&title=Feature-request:)
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#### Disclaimer
*** ***Use at own risk*** ***
### License
[](https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/blob/master/LICENSE)
[MIT License](https://github.com/tmiland/kernel-installer/blob/master/LICENSE)