Re: Can't find kernel-source package?!

[James Titcumb <james@total-carnage.org>]

Hello,

That makes a bit more sense to me now!

Thank-you for your help!

James

Aritz Beraza Garayalde [Rei] wrote:

> > After 2 days of googling and trying various APT mirrors, I simply cannot
> > find a kernel-source package that works for me.
> >
> > My current mirror  is http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64/
> > sarge main non-free
> >
> > I am using Debian 2.6.10-amd64-k8 (sarge) distro... I can find the
> > kernel-headers-2.6.8-10-amd64-k8, but no-where can i find the right
> > source package...
> >
> > An "apt-get install kernel-source" will give me the following possible
> > packages...
> >  kernel-source-2.6.9 2.6.9-5
> >  kernel-source-2.6.8 2.6.8-13
> >  kernel-source-2.6.10 2.6.10-5
> >  kernel-source-2.4.27 2.4.27-8
> >  kernel-source-2.4.26 2.4.26-6
> >  kernel-source-2.4.25 2.4.25-3
> >  kernel-source-2.4.24 2.4.24-3
> >  kernel-source-2.2.25 2.2.25-3
> >
> > And as far as i can see, the amd64 arch package isn't there....
> >
> >    
>
> sources don't have arch, can be compiled for any arch. (Maybe i
> misunderstood what your problem was, my english is not that good
> yet).You need kernel-source 2.6.10
>
> Kernel headers do have an arch tag because they are binary kernel
> specific (for each binary kernel you should have a kernel-headers
> package, and you should look for kernel-headers-2.6.10-XX not
> 2.6.8-10, beacuse those are for kernel 2.6.8 only (package version
> 10).
>
> Aritz Beraza [Rei]
>