yum install kernel source

Question

I'm installing dahdi on my Fedora 15 machine and when I try to build, I receive the following error

You do not appear to have the sources for the 2.6.38.6-27.fc15.x86_64 kernel installed.

The problem is, I cannot find that kernel source anywhere! yum provides kernel-devel* gives me a couple of kernel versions older and newer than this version. Does anybody know what the repository is for this kernel? Thanks

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 21 '12 at 22:56

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You neither need nor want the kernel source. Install the appropriate kernel-devel package (upgrading the current kernel first if required) and try building again.

answered Feb 21 '12 at 22:56

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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Sorry I wasn't very clear, the kernel-devel package does not seem to exist.. – tkcsam Feb 21 '12 at 23:01
It's definitely in the repos. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Feb 21 '12 at 23:05
How did you find it? yum provides kernel-devel* does not return it. Thanks – tkcsam Feb 21 '12 at 23:09
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We use `list` to find packages by name, rather than `provides`. And don't forget to escape the wildcard. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Feb 21 '12 at 23:19
[root@asterisk ~]# yum list available '*kernel-devel*' Error: No matching Packages to list – tkcsam Feb 22 '12 at 13:13
I probably don't have the right repos – tkcsam Feb 22 '12 at 13:14
The kernel devel for your current kernel can be determined by: `kernel-devel-\`uname -r\`` – DavidGamba Jan 18 '16 at 19:10

Dan Armstrong · Answer 2 · 2016-02-23T03:13:01.197

Perhaps the mirror you were using (or yum had selected) was incomplete? I see your kernel-devel package here:

https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.38.6/27.fc15/x86_64/

To get it manually (may use "curl" instead of "wget"):

wget https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.38.6/27.fc15/x86_64/kernel-devel-2.6.38.6-27.fc15.x86_64.rpm
rpm -U kernel-devel-2.6.38.6-27.fc15.x86_64.rpm
rm kernel-devel-2.6.38.6-27.fc15.x86_64.rpm -fv

yum install kernel source

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