Re: Kernel headers for 2.6.32-trunk-686?

[Chris Jackson <c.jackson@shadowcat.co.uk>]

Jen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My name is Jen, and I'm new to the list. I've been playing with Linux on and off for about a year, but have only recently found a distro that meets my accessibility needs (Debian unstable). It's also a great learning tool :P
>
> I need to build some packages from source, and I need kernel headers to do it. I can't find the headers I need, when I try to install them in the conventional way I get the error 'package not found'.
>
> An 'apt-cache search' finds nothing. Can someone please tell me where to get the kernel headers for 2.6.32-trunk-686, and how I install them?


The linux headers are in /usr/include/linux, so:

apt-file search /usr/include/linux

(you might need to install apt-file) - and that reveals they're in
linux-libc-dev.

You might want to think about installing build-essential, which pulls in
the headers and a number of other useful things for building source
packages.

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Chris Jackson
Shadowcat Systems Ltd.