apt-get build-dep linux-source apt-get install qt3-dev-tools libqt3-mt-dev cd /usr/src apt-get linux-source tar -xvvf linux-source.x.x.tar.gz cd linux-source.x.x cp -vi /boot/config-`uname -r` .config make xconfig Add remove and options/modules and save fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel-image kernel-headers kernel-source this will give you installable .debs in /usr/src for your custom kernel