On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Sraddha <dhakatevaishali@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have faced this problem before. I want to compile a Device driver module , > simple thing as hello world for my kernel. I want to use the headers instead > of downloading t entire source. > > I do this sudo apt-get install kernel-headers-$(uname -r) > > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to locate package kernel-headers-2.6.38-13-generic > E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kernel-headers-2.6.38-13-generic' > > How in the world shall I ever get these headers. Regards Assuming that you are on ubuntu #apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) You can also use #apt-cache search linux | grep headers to see what all is available. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
