Can't install kernel-devel for older kernel

cletcher · 05-05-2008, 12:51 PM

I'm trying to install the kernel headers for an older kernel on my system but it just keeps installing the ones for the newest kernel on the system when I use:
# yum install kernel-devel

Here is some info.

# uname -r
#2.6.24.4-64.fc8

# rpm -qa |grep kernel
# kernel-2.6.24.4-64.fc8
# kernel-headers-2.6.24.5-85.fc8
# kernel-devel-2.6.24.5-85.fc8
# kernel-2.6.24.5-85.fc8

I'm not sure how to tell yum to specifically install the devel package for the older kernel.

Thanks

reddazz · 05-05-2008, 01:03 PM

Unfortunately the Fedora repos don't seem to keep the old kernel-devel packages. One option is to search on google for kernel-devel-2.6.24.5-85.fc8 and you maybe lucky to find a mirror with the rpm you need.