hi im trying to install a program and it is asking me to specify when the C headers are for my kernel but i dont know where they are located because there not in /usr/src/include.

Can some please give me some ideas as to where to look?

Thanks in advance

Edit.

instal those headers


try
urpmi kernel-source

or

urpmi kernel-source-2.6
if u are using a 2.6 kernel

regards

note that this is not the kernel-headers package, you want to leave that one alone.

what shall i do then? The kernel headers must be on my system somewhere right ? how would i locate them ? This is the problem when running a distro that I havent compiled myself! I cant find anything.

Thanks again for all the help guys.

Can anyone please give me some advice as to where to locate the headers?

Thanks.

do what masand said, install the kernel-source package. There are two packages, one is the kernel-source package, which is the source for the kernel you are running (which will have the header files for your kernel in it). the other is called kernel-headers, which reside in /usr/include, they are the kernel include files that your glibc library were compiled against and should be left intact. When you compile something that needs the headers for the kernel you are currently running, it doesn't look to /usr/include, it looks for the headers in /lib/modules/<kernel version>/build/include. basically, install the kernel-source package and you should be alright.