Joe Pfeiffer <pfeif...@cs.nmsu.edu> writes: > Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> writes: > >> Juanjo Benages <jua...@benages.eu> writes: >> >>> El 25/10/16 a las 19:48, Harry Putnam escribió: >>>> Where can I get the kernel headers for my kernel 4.6.0-1-686? >>>> >>>> apt-get does not show that version. >>>> >>>> Googling for awhile here and not finding it either >>>> >>>> Trying to install vbox guest additions and it needs those headers. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Have you tried on snapshot.debian.org? It should be there. >> >> Using the binary tool search I finally found linux-headers-4.6.0-1-686 >> But when I click on it, it listes available versions all of which >> start at 4.6.1 or better. >> >> I guess that means its not there eh? >> >> Any other suggestions? > > Any particular reason you need that particular version? Could you > upgrade your virtualbox VM to a different kernel and use the headers > for that kernel (or if I'm misremembering which kernel requires the > headers, upgrade the host machine kernel)?
I'm not sure about what you say there. I'm not particularly knowledgable about this but far as I can tell The guest addtions require the guest OS's kernel headers to compile certain modules... without them... no guest additions. I already tried to upgrade the kernel on the guest OS to one with headers available with apt-get.... but got into some trouble ending with an non-bootable mess... I'd rather leave the kernel building etc to someone who better knows what they are doing. It's said to be easily done....(Updating a kernel) but my experience is a little different. Or I'm just a little dimmer than the average bear.
