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Thread: Worng version of linux-headers in rolling distribution

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    Worng version of linux-headers in rolling distribution

    hi all,
    I am trying to install virtual box guest additions into a newly installed Kali Linux guest which means I have to perform a kernel build. The build fails, I have managed to track the problem down to differences between the current kernel version and the linux-headers version:-

    Code:
    >uname -r
    4.3.0-kali-amd64
    
    >apt list linux-headers*
    Listing... Done
    linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-all/kali-rolling 4.4.2-3kali1 amd64
    linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-all-amd64/kali-rolling 4.4.2-3kali1 amd64
    linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-amd64/kali-rolling,now 4.4.2-3kali1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
    linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-common/kali-rolling,now 4.4.2-3kali1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
    linux-headers-4.4.0--amd64/kali-rolling,now 4.7+71+kali1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
    I am using the standard sources-list for the rolling distribution. I have run apt-get update & apt-get upgrade with no problems.
    Checking though the forum it appears that other users are having similar problems. So I think this is a problem with the rolling distribution.
    Is there a work around?

    Thanks in advance
    Iain Renton

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    In order to upgrade to the new kernel you have to run
    apt-get dist-upgrade

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