Re: Install Debian Kernel Sources

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From: Sybren Stuvel
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 20:06

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Patrik Huber enlightened us with:
> How can I install the Kernel Sources in Debian 3.0 ?  [...] I have a
> driver which gives the following compile error: "linux/modversions.h:
> No such file or directory"

Apparently, you don't want to recompile your kernel, so you won't have
to download the entire source. Just the headers will be enough.

apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r`

should do the trick. If it doesn't, replace `uname -r` with your
currently running kernel version.

Sybren
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