Kernel-devel question
Hello - I just installed rhel 6.4 Linux Kernel 2.6.32.343.el6.x86_64
It did not include a kernel-devel package and I have been trying to find one on the customer portal site without any luck.
The closests thing I can find with yum is kernel-devel-2.6.32-358.6.2.el6
Can I use this development package with this kernel? Do they need to match?
Thanks
Kevin.
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Red Hat
Expert
1164 points
Hi,
kernel-2.6.32-343.el6 was from Red hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Beta 3. This is likely why it is difficult to find the matching kernel-devel package.
I would recommend upgrading to the 6.4 GA version (kernel-2.6.32-358.el6), or later. Then you should be able to find a matching kernel-devel package.
Regards,
Marc
Guru
6863 points
Something seems odd.
If you run the following on RHEL 5:
yum list -- showduplicates kernel-devel
it returns 87 lines of results.
The same command on RHEL 6 only has the one kernel listed.
However, if I look at the packages on my Satellite.. I see - it appears to jump from 279 to 358.
| kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.x86_64 |
| kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 |
| kernel-devel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64 |
| kernel-devel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64 |
| kernel-devel-2.6.32-358.6.1.el6.x86_64 |
I'll do some more digging and try to figure out a way to get you what you need. Or.... if you could update your kernel, you would be fine ;-)
Red Hat
Expert
1164 points
James,
I am not sure why you only see one kernel listed on your RHEL 6 box. Mine shows over 40 listed.
The packages jump from -279 to -358 because those are the ones that are supported. RHEL 6.3 uses the -279 kernel, and RHEL 6.4 uses the -358 kernel.
Kevin is using the -343 kernel which was a RHEL 6.4 beta kernel.
There is a jump of 79 because Red Hat does not release every kernel it builds. Most of the kernel builds are for development or testing purposes.
Regards,
Marc
Guru
6863 points
Thanks for the info Marc! I had not tracked kernels very closely before so I had not paid much attention to what I had been seeing. I just assumed that all kernels were generally available (unless recalled). But it makes sense to not continue releasing kernels that were used for builds/devel.
Would this imply (somehow) that people that sync to RHN would have a different experience than those syncing to a Satellite?
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