[Netkit.users] installing Open vSwitch in Netkit

[Ashish Agarwal]

~# apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.26.5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package linux-headers-2.6.26.5

Which package do I need?


On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Massimo Rimondini
<rimondin at dia.uniroma3.it>wrote:

> Dear Ashish,
>
> indeed, kernel headers are not distributed with Netkit.
> However, you can obtain them by getting a vanilla kernel package with
> matching version number (2.6.26.5) and by applying the patches from the
> applicable directory of the Netkit kernel package.
>
> Regards,
> Massimo.
>
>
>
> From: netkit.users-bounces at list.dia.uniroma3.it
> [mailto:netkit.users-bounces at list.dia.uniroma3.it] On Behalf Of Ashish
> Agarwal
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 10:00 PM
> To: Users of the Netkit Network Emulation System
> Subject: Re: [Netkit.users] installing Open vSwitch in Netkit
>
> To clarify, uname -r on my netkit machine gives 2.6.26.5-netkit-K2.8. Thus,
> I'm assuming that the standard linux headers are not what I need.
>
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Ashish Agarwal <agarwal1975 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> I am trying to install Open vSwitch [1] into a Netkit image. Their build
> script requires me to specify the path to the kernel build directory,
> usually /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build. However, there is no such directory
> in the images distributed by Netkit. Does anyone know how I can get these
> files? Thank you.
>
> [1] http://openvswitch.org/
>
>
>
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