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Last checked against version 2.4.18.
The Linux kernel is at the core of every Linux system. It's what makes Linux tick. When a computer is turned on and boots a Linux system, the very first piece of Linux software that gets loaded is the kernel. The kernel initializes the system's hardware components: serial ports, parallel ports, sound cards, network cards, IDE controllers, SCSI controllers and a lot more. In a nutshell the kernel makes the hardware available so that the software can run.
Linux installs the following files:
kernel and kernel headers
Build the manual pages:
make mandocs |
Install the manual pages:
cp -a Documentation/man /usr/share/man/man9 |