Re: Kernel Header Information

On Thu June 28 2007 14:39, Nirmal Govindaraju wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a new Linux user and I have the Debian distribution (2.6.18-4-686)
> installed via the internet using a few floppy disks to perform the initial
> boot up. I am now trying to install a VPN client on my computer and during
> the installation procedure the installer asks for the kernel header files.
> I could not find them in /usr/src nor did the following command find any
> files (with various permutations):
>
> find / -name '*kernel-header*' -print
>
> Please let me know as to what I need to do to get these header files. Thank
> you.

If I'm not mistaken the package you need is called linux-kernel-headers. Just "apt-get install linux-kernel-headers" will get them installed for you, or look for that package in one of the full screen package managers like aptitude or dselect.

I think that is a meta package that will install the kernel header for your installed kernel.

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