Re: Kernel Header Information

On June 28, 2007 06:39:06 pm 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.

The packages are now named linux-* instead of kernel-*, the easiest way to do what you want is install the module-assistant package then run the command without the quotes "m-a prepare" this should download headers for your running kernel and setup the proper links for building.

> Nirmal

Stephen

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