C header files location

[Chris Aitken]

Tim Writer wrote:

>Simon is correct. You have to provide the output of:
>
>   % echo /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include
>
>to vmware, i.e. in Simon's case:
>
>    /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/build/include
>
>Can I make a suggestion? Chris is having a lot of trouble with this and I
>think part of it is the confusion added by well meaning people who aren't
>sure of the problem but think they can help. If you don't know with
>certainty how to help Chris, wait to see if someone else responds before
>responding with something that might be incorrect.
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I hope you guys won't mind that I did an OS (FC4) re-install. There was 
nothing on this new installation that I couldn't live without so I 
thought I'd do an 'Everything' install (I have the room) so that all 
libraries, headers, whatever (at least all that come with the four FC4 
CDs) would be on the computer. Well, I guess that solved the header 
problem but now I seem to have a new problem. I didn't start a new 
thread in case this new problem is, somehow, still connected to the old 
one. Please let me know if I should start a new thread. Sorry, I didn't 
solve the header problem with the advice offered. Frankly, as intersting 
as it was, some (a lot) of the information offered (coding et al) was 
simply over my head (humbling, actually). Thanks for all the help - I 
know you guys put a lot of time into this.

I am serious about solving this problem if you're still up to helping 
me. This PC will be a gift for my teenager. He likes to play old Windows 
games. If I gave him the PC with no OS on it he would just throw W98SE 
on it. I'm trying to make a system that will guest W98SE in a virtual 
machine so he can play his games. I'm not just trying to push linux on 
him  (well, maybe a *little*) - I want Linux on there so it's part of 
our four-PC network (for printing, backing up with scp, etc.).

Any help is appreciated and *will* be follwoed.

Chris

>Simon <simon80-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> writes:
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>>You have to interpolate the `uname -r` part in a shell, and then pass
>>the output to the vmware script.
>>
>>As an example, on my system in a terminal:
>>
>>$ echo /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include
>>/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/build/include
>>
>>$ uname -r
>>2.6.17-10-generic
>>
>>As you can see, the output of uname -r replaces `uname -r` in the echo command.
>>
>>Simon
>>
>>On 12/9/06, chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org <chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>>>What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
>>>running
>>>kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include
>>>
>>>The path "/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include" is not an existing
>>>directory.
>>>      
>>>
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