On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Autif Khan <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Sraddha <[email protected]>
> 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.
>
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Easiest way, go and download them

http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid-updates/linux-headers-2.6.38-13-generic


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