Package_config : linux-headers

[Thomas Neumann]

On Friday 23 May 2014 12:04:02 Prunk Dump wrote:
> I my case, I don't what to compile a new linux kernel. I just want to
> build the nvidia-glx proprietary kernel module.

[I never talked about compiling a kernel. You'd need linux-source* for that.]

You should check your setup. If you install 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' using 
aptitude "--with-recommends", then the package manager should automatically 
pull in the correct kernel header package for your machine:

  'nvidia-kernel-dkms' depends on 'dkms'

  'dkms'  recommends 'linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-generic | linux-
headers'

therefore using

  PACKAGES aptitude-r
  nvidia-kernel-dkms

~should~ already perform all the required magic.


You can try this out manually. First remove 'nvidia-kernel-dkms', 'dkms' and 
'linux-headers-*', then issue 'aptitude -r nvidia-kernel-dkms'. 

bye
thomas