-i is the dkpg switch for install you want apt-get install kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17
It's in the help text Bob On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 12:09:26AM -0700, James Michael DuPont wrote: > Dear Debian Kernel Hackers. > I think that I must have done something wrong and > please excuse the stupid question. > > In this mail : > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/debian-user-200106/msg02814.html > You write apt-get -i kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17 > > Unfortunatly : > # apt-get -i kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17 > Returns E: Command line option 'i' [from -i] is not > known. > > #apt-get install kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17 > Returns : 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to > remove and 0 not upgraded. > > I dont have the debian cd, but have > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato > main non-free contrib > and > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US > potato/non-US main non-free contrib > > in my /etc/apt/sources.list > > > I am running potato 2.2r3. > My kernel says that it is 2.2.19pre17. > > I want to compile a module, > and need the kernel headers > > Here are the options that I have found on the net > kernel-headers-2.2.19 > kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-idepci_2.2.19pre17-3.deb > kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-compact_2.2.19pre17-3.deb > > > Please advise, > and please respond to my mail directly if possible. > > thanks, > > mike > > > ===== > James Michael DuPont > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]