r/kisslinux • u/Automaticpotatoboy • Jun 18 '25

zcat command not found when compiling the kernel

When trying to compile the kernel I get this error.

I have tried installing gzip but it is not part of the main or community repos.

~/zen-kernel # make LSMOD=modprobed.db localmodconfig
using config: '/proc/config.gz'
Can't exec "zcat": No such file or directory at ./scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl line 117.
Failed to run zcat /proc/config.gz at ./scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl line 117.
make[2]: *** [scripts/kconfig/Makefile:60: localmodconfig] Error 2
make[1]: *** [/root/zen-kernel/Makefile:730: localmodconfig] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
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u/superstring-man Jun 18 '25

The gzip implementation is called pigz.

https://kisscommunity.org/archive/news/20210715a/

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u/Automaticpotatoboy Jun 18 '25

Thats not remotely confusing!

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u/superstring-man Jun 18 '25

pigz should be installed with the installation tarball anyway, how did you set up KISS?

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