linux-headers for 3.4.103 on Banana Pi

Hi,
I installed the Banana Pi image from the OS website. I needed to be able to build some packages so I did sudo apt-get install build-essential and tried to do sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`. What I got is this:
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-3.4.103
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-3.4.103'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-3.4.103'

I did apt-get update, apt-get upgrade. apt-get dist-upgrade, rebooted, tried again, and still no luck. I also tried putting "3.4.103" explicitly instead of `uname -r`, didn't work.
When I do
apt-cache search linux-headers-
I don't see any 3.4.x versions - the only numbered versions I see are 4.8.0

My sources list is this:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib

I tried to look for solutions, all of them were a mixture of all of the above. I have no additional ideas. If anybody can help, I would really appreciate it.

Happy new year, everybody!
MO

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Originally Posted by moisheoofnik

Hi,
I installed the Banana Pi image from the OS website. I needed to be able to build some packages so I did sudo apt-get install build-essential and tried to do sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`. What I got is this:
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-3.4.103
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-3.4.103'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-3.4.103'


I did apt-get update, apt-get upgrade. apt-get dist-upgrade, rebooted, tried again, and still no luck. I also tried putting "3.4.103" explicitly instead of `uname -r`, didn't work.
When I do
apt-cache search linux-headers-
I don't see any 3.4.x versions - the only numbered versions I see are 4.8.0


My sources list is this:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib


I tried to look for solutions, all of them were a mixture of all of the above. I have no additional ideas. If anybody can help, I would really appreciate it.


Happy new year, everybody!
MO

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ARM images are a bit different in that they don't use the typical headers from the linux-headers package.


Because each ARM board is a special snowflake, they use custom kernels not the default Kali kernel (but they all still have kernel sources injected); Unfortunately, due to a bug in the build scripts I use, they don't currently point to the correct place.


You will need to go into /lib/modules/3.4.103/ and rm the sources and build symlinks (do NOT use rm -r!) and then run the following 2 commands:


ln -s /usr/src/kernel build
ln -s /usr/src/kernel source


That's it. You should be able to build whatever it is you're trying to build that needs kernel headers, just keep in mind that a lot of ARM boards use older kernels, so whatever driver you are trying to build MAY need some work to be compatible!

Stev, is this solution pply to Raspberry Pi 3 also? I have Kali 2.1.2 full on my RPi. I did update, upgrade and dist-upgrade but i'm still have 4.1.19 kernel from March 2016. After apt-cache search linux-headers i can see there is 4.8.x version of kernel. After apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` command i get the same error as moisheoofnik...

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Originally Posted by moisheoofnik

My sources list is this:

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

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It should be # deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

Still nothing. I did

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rm /lib/modules/4.1.19-v7/build
rm /lib/modules/4.1.19-v7/source
ln -sf /usr/src/kernel /lib/modules/4.1.19-v7/build
ln -sf /usr/src/kernel /lib/modules/4.1.19-v7/source

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My source.list file:

Code:

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

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Then i did:

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apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

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And i get:

Code:

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E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.1.19-v7
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-4.1.19-v7'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.1.19-v7'

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Fixing the symlink makes them available. If whatever you're attempting to build is failing, open a thread about that, but we do not use a linux-headers package. The headers exist in /usr/src/kernel because each ARM device uses a custom kernel.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO INSTALL A LINUX-HEADERS PACKAGE ON ARM, you just need to fix the symlink that is currently broken.