Nope. You can do this: apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.17
That will install a bzipped file in /usr/src which you can unzip with tar Ixvf <filename> Believe me - been there, done that, SEVERAL times in the last week. john On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Tim Jump wrote: > My apologies if this is an rtfm situation, but I haven't been able to > find the answer in my all-too-brief search. > > Do I need to download the kernel-headers package to compile a > new version of the kernel? What the heck is that for, anyway? > > Thanks in advance... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [] Bababooey Dragon [] <-==UDIC==-> > "The stupider it looks, the more important it probably is." > -- J. R. "Bob" Dobbs -- > Babylon 5 Addict [] DEVOlved [] Dirty old man in training > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >