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brighteyes
2015-07-08, 14:25
I'm trying to download the linux headers to build/install a driver, but I'm not finding any linux headers which leads me to believe something else is wrong. Here's what I've done:

---Checked sources---


root@kali:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://security.kali.org/ kali/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free

deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free


---Run update---


root@kali:~# apt-get update
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates Release.gpg
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates Release
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free amd64 Packages
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://http.kali.org kali Release.gpg
Hit http://http.kali.org kali Release
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/main Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/non-free Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/contrib Sources
Reading package lists... Done


---run upgrade---


root@kali:~# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.


---run dist upgrade---


root@kali:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.


---tried to install headers---


root@kali:~# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-3.18.0-kali3-amd64
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-3.18.0-kali3-amd64'


---checked to see what headers might be available that would work---


root@kali:~# apt-cache search linux-headers
root@kali:~#


It seems like checking the cache should return something so I'm sure I just don't have something set correctly, but I checked the sources, did an update and upgrade. I don't know what else to do. Can someone help me please?

Thank you.

g0tmi1k
2015-07-09, 09:44
Your source file is wrong.
Missing a key repo



deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib


Check: http://docs.kali.org/general-use/kali-linux-sources-list-repositories

brighteyes
2015-07-09, 20:24
Thank you. I'm not sure how I missed something so obvious, but I did. I thought I had double-checked that, but obviously I did not. I'll make that change and try again. Thank you for your help.