On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 11:22:33PM +0800, lianliming wrote: > Hi all, > i want to compile and install a new kernel. Using aptitude to search the > "kernel" package, i find there are "kernel-source" and "kernel-header" > packages. > Should i install the both kernel "source" and "header" to install the new > kernel? No, just the source. The header package is there so that you can compile stuff that includes kernel headers without having the full kernel source installed. > Another interesting question: if i install "kernel-source-2.6.8" and at > the same time "kernel-header-2.6.7", what will happen? It'll either complain or bugger things up :-) (Why would you want to?) -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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