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Old 07-04-2011, 02:40 PM   #1
Pradeep Dhir
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What is the use of kernel-devel & kernel-header?


Hi ,

I need help in understand how the kernel-header and kernel-devel works. Pretty new to Linux.

Thanks in Advance.
 
Old 07-04-2011, 03:45 PM   #2
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Hi, welcome to LQ!

That's going to depend on which distro you're using, and
what the packager thought they should be.



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