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pogeymanz

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Registered: 2008-03-11

Posts: 1,020

[SOLVED]Can't install kernel26-headers

I read the news like a good boy, so when the VirtualBox modules didn't build, I knew I had to install the kernel26-headers.

But, when I try that I get this error:

...
kernel26-headers: /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/tifm.h exists in filesystem
kernel26-headers: /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/time.h exists in filesystem
kernel26-headers: /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/timecompare.h exists in filesystem
kernel26-headers: /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/timer.h exists in filesystem
kernel26-headers: /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/timerfd.h exists in filesystem
kernel26-headers: /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/timeriomem-rng.h exists in filesystem
kernel26-headers: /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/times.h exists in filesystem
kernel26-headers: /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/timex.h exists in filesystem
kernel26-headers: /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/tiocl.h exists in filesystem
kernel26-headers: /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/tipc.h exists in filesystem
...

What should I do? Did this happen to anyone else?

Last edited by pogeymanz (2009-12-31 19:13:04)

Mektub

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From: Lisbon /Portugal

Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 647

Re: [SOLVED]Can't install kernel26-headers

pogeymanz,

this means that these files, f.e. "/usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/tifm.h" are already on the system.

Either they belong to some other package or are a leftover from some installation.

You can find out if they belong to some package with the command line:

pacman -Qo /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/tifm.h

Then either remove the package, or, if they don't belong to any, just remove the files.

Mektub

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pogeymanz

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Registered: 2008-03-11

Posts: 1,020

Re: [SOLVED]Can't install kernel26-headers

Okay. Here's what happened, in case some one is dumb like me.

I just did a version bump of my 2.6.31 PKGBUILD to build 2.6.32 which didn't work well since we now have separated kernel26/firmware/headers.

Rebuilt it the right way and reinstalled it.

All is well.

teisler

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Registered: 2007-11-09

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED]Can't install kernel26-headers

Good morning.

After upgrading to Kernel 2.6.32 I have been unable to build and install VirtualBox.

After some digging I find that the only file I have under /usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH is vmlinux, no include directory and files.

I have tried reinstalling kernel-header but all of the files go to /usr/include

Could someone please tell me what I am missing?

Thank-you,

Troi.

teisler

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Registered: 2007-11-09

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED]Can't install kernel26-headers

Solved!

Problem was that I was only checking kernel-headers

Also need kernel26-headers.

Thanks everyone.

Regards,

Troi.