Download the kernel from http://www.kernel.org Install the development tools and libraries: # yum y groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries" Install qt and qtdevel for xconfig: # yum y install qt qtdevel Copy the kernel to you kernel source directory: # tar xzvpf ~/Desktop/linux*.tar.gz C /usr/src/kernels/ # cd /usr/src/kernels # rm linux # ln s linux2* linux # cd /usr/src/kernels/linux # make mrproper # cp /boot/config`uname r` ./.config # make oldconfig # make xconfig # vi Makefile # change extraversion if needed # make all # make modules_install # make install