![]() Note on a VPS (for instance a Linode VPS), a kernel may have a customized version name, in such scenario, you have to identify the kernel version manually and check the installed kernel header files using following commands. # dnf install kernel-devel Īfter installing the kernel-devel package, you can find all the kernel headers files in /usr/src/kernels directory using following command. If no matching kernel headers are located in the /usr/src/kernels/ directory, go ahead and install kernel headers, which is provided by the kernel-devel package that can be installed using default package manager as shown. ![]() Install Kernel Headers in CentOS 7įirst confirm that the matching kernel headers are already installed under /usr/src/kernels/ location on your system using following commands. In this article, we will explain how to install Kernel Headers in CentOS/RHEL 7 and Fedora distributions using default package manager. Read Also: How to Install Kernel Headers in Ubuntu and Debian If you’ve compiled Kernel from sources, you can install kernel headers from sources only. If your Kernel version comes with the default distribution installation or you have upgraded your Kernel using yum package manager from system base repositories, then you must install matching kernel headers using package manager only. When you install Kernel Headers, make sure it matches with the currently installed kernel version on the system. Kernel header files provide different kinds of function and structure definitions required when installing or compiling any code that interfaces with the kernel. ![]() ![]() When you compile a custom kernel module such as a device driver on a CentOS system, you need to have kernel header files installed on the system, which include the C header files for the Linux kernel.
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