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# Installing Modutils-2.4.25

    Estimated build time:           0.1 SBU
    Estimated required disk space:  3 MB

## Contents of Modutils

(Last checked against version 2.4.16.)

The Modutils package contains programs that you can use to work with kernel modules.

Modutils installs the following:

### Program Files

depmod, genksyms, insmod, insmod_ksymoops_clean, kallsyms (link to insmod), kernelversion, ksyms (link to insmod), lsmod (link to insmod), modinfo, modprobe (link to insmod) and rmmod (link to insmod)

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## Modutils Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 2.4.12.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: ar, as, ld, ranlib, strip
Bison: bison
Coreutils: basename, cat, chmod, expr, hostname, install, ln,
mkdir, mv, rm, tr, uname
Diffutils: cmp
Flex: flex
GCC: cc, cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Grep: egrep, grep
Make: make
Sed: sed

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## Installation of Modutils

Prepare Modutils for compilation:

    ./configure

Compile the package:

    make

And install it:

    make install

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