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  <title>Linux-Headers-&linux-version;</title>

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    <primary sortas="a-Linux-Headers">Linux-Headers</primary>
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    <para>The Linux Headers package contains the
    <quote>sanitized</quote> kernel headers.</para>

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  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Linux-Headers</title>

    <para os="a">For this step you will need the kernel tarballs.</para>

    <para os="b">Install the header files that are common to all architectures:</para>

<screen os="c"><userinput>make mrproper
make headers_check
make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=dest headers_install
cp -rv dest/include/* /usr/include</userinput></screen>

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    <title>Contents of Linux-Headers</title>

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      <segtitle>Installed headers</segtitle>

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        <seg>/usr/include/{asm,asm-generic,linux,mtd,rdma,scsi,sound,video}/*.h</seg>
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          <para>The Linux API headers</para>
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            sortas="e-/usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h">/usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h</primary>
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