Virtualbox problem - Debian kernel header version?
I'm trying to install Virtualbox Guest addtions and at one point the recommended install procedure says do
aptitude install build-essential kernel-header-`uname -r`
The kernel-header bit comes out as kernel-header-2.6.18-6-686
Aptitude reports "could'nt find any package whose name or description matched kernel-header-2.6.18-6-686"
When I go into aptitude and search for kernel-header the package I find is
linux-kernel-headers with a version number of 2.6.18-7 (which is installed)
I find the 7 a bit confusing as the installed kernel is 2.6.18-6 which is the one on the latest r3 release iso.
The guest additions install routine (sh /media/cdrom0/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run all) stalls with:
"Please install the build and header files for your current Linux kernel. The current version is 2.6.16-6-686"
I'm not sure if Virtualbox stalls on the version number or the fact that it can't find any kernel headers. Has anyone come across this problem?
(If not maybe I should try the Virtualbox forums, but I thought that a Debian specific answer would be more likely from this forum)
Russell
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