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are the kernel headers and devel packages installed?<br />
should be under /usr/src/kernel/&lt;kernel version&gt;/include
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Yup.. I've installed the headers and kernel dev packages. However this might be cause for concern... <br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41374817-1"><span>[root@localhost 4.1.5-100.fc21.x86_64]# cd /usr/src</span>
<span>[root@localhost src]# ls</span>
<span>debug  kernels</span>
<span>[root@localhost src]# cd kernels</span>
<span>[root@localhost kernels]# ls</span>
<span>4.1.13-100.fc21.x86_64  4.1.8-100.fc21.x86_64</span>
<span>[root@localhost kernels]# uname -r</span>
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Then..<br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41374817-2"><span>[root@localhost kernels]# yum install kernel-headers</span>
<span>Loaded plugins: langpacks</span>
<span>Package kernel-headers-4.1.13-100.fc21.x86_64 already installed and latest version</span>
<span>Nothing to do</span>
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41374817-3"><span>[root@localhost kernels]# yum list kernel</span>
<span>Loaded plugins: langpacks</span>
<span>Installed Packages</span>
<span>kernel.x86_64                                        3.17.4-301.fc21                                        @koji-override-0/$releasever</span>
<span>kernel.x86_64                                        4.1.5-100.fc21                                         @updates</span>
<span>kernel.x86_64                                        4.1.13-100.fc21                                        @updates</span>
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that first output is missing the last line from the uname command
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Crap sorry about that, here you go:<br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41386739-1"><span>[root@localhost kernels]# uname -r</span>
<span>4.1.5-100.fc21.x86_64</span>
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Not me Seth.. kernels scare me. &nbsp;I need to remember what host this is so I can try a reboot.
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Running a FC21 vm on ESXi 5.5 and I need to install the tools. &nbsp;But it's hitting a roadblock on the correct path to the kernel headers. &nbsp;I've googled and tried all I can find but on this system there is not path: /lib/modules/&lt;uname -r&gt;/build/include/linux &nbsp;The build subdir is a sym link to /usr/src/kernels/&lt;uname -r&gt;<br />
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What am I doing wrong?
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Running a FC21 vm on ESXi 5.5 and I need to install the tools.  But it's hitting a roadblock on the correct path to the kernel headers.  I've googled and tried all I can find but on this system there is not path: /lib/modules/<uname -r>/build/include/linux  The build subdir is a sym link to /usr/src/kernels/<uname -r>

What am I doing wrong?

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