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Re: vmware: kernel-source vs. kernel-headers



Martin F Krafft <madduck@madduck.net> wrote:

> trying to install vmware, it needs
> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h, which is not in the
> kernel-source package but in kernel-headers. however, kernel-headers
> alone doesn't suffice for vmware:

If you're compiling the modules for a precompiled kernel image, you should
use its corresponding kernel-headers package.

Otherwise, you need to go with the kernel source tree where you built your
kernel.
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