Editing Menuconfig (section)

{{Short description|Tool for compiling Linux source code}}
{{Multiple issues|{{primary sources |date= October 2009}}
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{{Lowercase|menuconfig}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = menuconfig
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| screenshot             = Linux 4.4.2 ncurses configuration.png
| caption                = menuconfig for [[Linux_kernel|Linux]] version 4.4.2
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| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system       = [[Linux]]
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| genre                  = [[Build automation]] tool
| license                = [[GNU General Public License]]
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| website                = {{URL|www.kernel.org}}
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<code>'''make menuconfig'''</code> is one of five similar tools that can assist a user in configuring the [[Linux kernel|Linux]] kernel before building, a necessary step needed to [[compiler|compile]] the [[source code]]. <code>make menuconfig</code>, with a menu-driven [[user interface]], allows the user to choose which features and modules to compile. It is normally invoked using the command <code>make menuconfig</code>; menuconfig is a target in the Linux [[Makefile]].