rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.18-8.el5.src.rpm warning: kernel-2.6.18-8.el5.src.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 37017186error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES When i try to install the source i get the following errors! Can anyone point me out to get the headers for this particular version of kernal. 
Thanx a lot!It says that the folder cannot be created.Either you have to create the folder as root and then chown () to the appropriate user or run the rpm command as root.It says that the folder cannot be created.Either you have to create the folder as root and then chown () to the appropriate user or run the rpm command as root.the rpm command is run as root. my friend sachin is not at home else he would have solved it easily. I am a windows guy:stickout:does the /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES folder exists ?If not create it.yum install kernel-headerswould possibly be a lot easier.You might have to include --disablerepo=updatesand centosplus"the rpm command is run as root. my friend sachin is not at home else he would have solved it easily." Methinks you put too much faith in sachin's abilities.yum install kernel-headerswould possibly be a lot easier.You might have to include --disablerepo=updatesand centosplus"the rpm command is run as root. my friend sachin is not at home else he would have solved it easily." Methinks you put too much faith in sachin's abilities.What should i include in the repo file. I don't have an internet connection so yum won't work if it includes files from net.I am programmer and windows person, so not too much in server. :stickout: Apart from him, i rely people in WHT.does the /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES folder exists ?If not create it.Well i did not create it, may be i will look into it. ThanxWhat distro are you using?What should i include in the repo file. I don't have an internet connection so yum won't work if it includes files from net.
I am programmer and windows person, so not too much in server. :stickout: Apart from him, i rely people in WHT.
Well i did not create it, may be i will look into it.
Thanx
mkdir -p /usr/src/redhat/SOURCESWhat distro are you using?RHEL 5 is the distro i use.
Thanx a lot!It says that the folder cannot be created.Either you have to create the folder as root and then chown () to the appropriate user or run the rpm command as root.It says that the folder cannot be created.Either you have to create the folder as root and then chown () to the appropriate user or run the rpm command as root.the rpm command is run as root. my friend sachin is not at home else he would have solved it easily. I am a windows guy:stickout:does the /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES folder exists ?If not create it.yum install kernel-headerswould possibly be a lot easier.You might have to include --disablerepo=updatesand centosplus"the rpm command is run as root. my friend sachin is not at home else he would have solved it easily." Methinks you put too much faith in sachin's abilities.yum install kernel-headerswould possibly be a lot easier.You might have to include --disablerepo=updatesand centosplus"the rpm command is run as root. my friend sachin is not at home else he would have solved it easily." Methinks you put too much faith in sachin's abilities.What should i include in the repo file. I don't have an internet connection so yum won't work if it includes files from net.I am programmer and windows person, so not too much in server. :stickout: Apart from him, i rely people in WHT.does the /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES folder exists ?If not create it.Well i did not create it, may be i will look into it. ThanxWhat distro are you using?What should i include in the repo file. I don't have an internet connection so yum won't work if it includes files from net.I am programmer and windows person, so not too much in server. :stickout: Apart from him, i rely people in WHT.
Well i did not create it, may be i will look into it.
Thanx
mkdir -p /usr/src/redhat/SOURCESWhat distro are you using?RHEL 5 is the distro i use.