Software:Xconfig
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Short description: Linux kernel configuration utility
Screenshot of the xconfig window from Linux kernel v5.10.0-rc6 | |
Written in | C |
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Operating system | Linux |
Type | Build automation tool |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | www |
xconfig is the name of the xconfig
Makefile target for the Linux kernel. It is a graphical Linux compilation utility, which uses Qt. The xconfig utility is invoked by running make xconfig
in the base Linux source directory.
Qt has only been used since kernel 2.6. Kernel 2.4 uses a Tcl/Tk configuration interface. A GTK+ interface (gconfig
) is also available since kernel 2.6.
Inside, there are options to display the configurations in three different hierarchies; single, split, full. A Find function is available to search for text within the config's titles.
A bottom pane displays information on the selected option, and metadata of it (depends, type, short name).
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