How do I install the current version of the `linux-headers-generic` package?
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I am trying to install virtualbox which requires a kernel module to be compiled. This gives me an error saying :
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
The distribution packages containing the headers are probably:
linux-headers-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
The distribution packages containing the headers are probably:
linux-headers-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic
Its figuring out the version of linux-headers required from uname -r which returns 4.13.0-31-generic. However that version of the kernel headers has no installation candidate.
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic' has no installation candidate
dpkg-query shows the old version is installed:
sudo dpkg-query -l "linux-headers*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============================================-============================-============================-==================================================================================================
un linux-headers <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-2.6-686 <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-2.6-amd64 <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-3.0 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii linux-headers-4.13.0-16 4.13.0-16.19 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.13.0
ii linux-headers-4.13.0-16-generic 4.13.0-16.19 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
un linux-headers-4.13.0-21-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-4.13.0-25-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-686-pae <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-amd64 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii linux-headers-generic 4.13.0.16.17 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
un linux-headers-generic-pae <none> <none> (no description available)
How do I install the linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic package?
[EDIT] :
Manually installing the package from https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/linux-headers-4.13.0-31 works!
apt 17.10
asked Mar 19 at 14:35
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I am trying to install virtualbox which requires a kernel module to be compiled. This gives me an error saying :
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
The distribution packages containing the headers are probably:
linux-headers-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
The distribution packages containing the headers are probably:
linux-headers-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic
Its figuring out the version of linux-headers required from uname -r which returns 4.13.0-31-generic. However that version of the kernel headers has no installation candidate.
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic' has no installation candidate
dpkg-query shows the old version is installed:
sudo dpkg-query -l "linux-headers*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============================================-============================-============================-==================================================================================================
un linux-headers <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-2.6-686 <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-2.6-amd64 <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-3.0 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii linux-headers-4.13.0-16 4.13.0-16.19 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.13.0
ii linux-headers-4.13.0-16-generic 4.13.0-16.19 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
un linux-headers-4.13.0-21-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-4.13.0-25-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-686-pae <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-amd64 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii linux-headers-generic 4.13.0.16.17 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
un linux-headers-generic-pae <none> <none> (no description available)
How do I install the linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic package?
[EDIT] :
Manually installing the package from https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/linux-headers-4.13.0-31 works!
apt 17.10
asked Mar 19 at 14:35
Tejas Kale
11118
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I am trying to install virtualbox which requires a kernel module to be compiled. This gives me an error saying :
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
The distribution packages containing the headers are probably:
linux-headers-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
The distribution packages containing the headers are probably:
linux-headers-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic
Its figuring out the version of linux-headers required from uname -r which returns 4.13.0-31-generic. However that version of the kernel headers has no installation candidate.
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic' has no installation candidate
dpkg-query shows the old version is installed:
sudo dpkg-query -l "linux-headers*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============================================-============================-============================-==================================================================================================
un linux-headers <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-2.6-686 <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-2.6-amd64 <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-3.0 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii linux-headers-4.13.0-16 4.13.0-16.19 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.13.0
ii linux-headers-4.13.0-16-generic 4.13.0-16.19 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
un linux-headers-4.13.0-21-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-4.13.0-25-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-686-pae <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-amd64 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii linux-headers-generic 4.13.0.16.17 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
un linux-headers-generic-pae <none> <none> (no description available)
How do I install the linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic package?
[EDIT] :
Manually installing the package from https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/linux-headers-4.13.0-31 works!
apt 17.10
asked Mar 19 at 14:35
Tejas Kale
11118
I am trying to install virtualbox which requires a kernel module to be compiled. This gives me an error saying :
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
The distribution packages containing the headers are probably:
linux-headers-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
The distribution packages containing the headers are probably:
linux-headers-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic
Its figuring out the version of linux-headers required from uname -r which returns 4.13.0-31-generic. However that version of the kernel headers has no installation candidate.
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic' has no installation candidate
dpkg-query shows the old version is installed:
sudo dpkg-query -l "linux-headers*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============================================-============================-============================-==================================================================================================
un linux-headers <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-2.6-686 <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-2.6-amd64 <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-3.0 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii linux-headers-4.13.0-16 4.13.0-16.19 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.13.0
ii linux-headers-4.13.0-16-generic 4.13.0-16.19 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
un linux-headers-4.13.0-21-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-4.13.0-25-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-686-pae <none> <none> (no description available)
un linux-headers-amd64 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii linux-headers-generic 4.13.0.16.17 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
un linux-headers-generic-pae <none> <none> (no description available)
How do I install the linux-headers-4.13.0-31-generic package?
[EDIT] :
Manually installing the package from https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/linux-headers-4.13.0-31 works!
apt 17.10
apt 17.10
asked Mar 19 at 14:35
Tejas Kale
11118
asked Mar 19 at 14:35
Tejas Kale
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asked Mar 19 at 14:35
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asked Mar 19 at 14:35
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asked Mar 19 at 14:35
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