dkms: WARNING: Linux headers are missing, which may explain the above failures...

[Dubard]

Hi everybody,

I don't always think about installing the Headers corresponding to the kernel in place before doing "apt-get dist-upgrade" and when I forget to do it, I always have this error that appears:

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Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.15.18-2-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.18-2-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.15.18-2-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.18-2-pve
dkms: WARNING: Linux headers are missing, which may explain the above failures.
     please install the linux-headers-4.15.18-2-pve package to fix this.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.15.18-2-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.18-2-pve
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I have two questions:

1) How could I avoid this mistake every time ?

2) If I forgot to install the Headers corresponding to the kernel in place and I have the error, is it possible to run a command again so that the installation concerning DKMS ends properly ?

Many thanks

 

[mira]

Install the 'pve-headers' package (virtual package which will install the headers for the current default kernel).
You can reinstall the package that triggers it to run it again.

 

[Dubard]

Install the 'pve-headers' package (virtual package which will install the headers for the current default kernel).
You can reinstall the package that triggers it to run it again.

Thank Mira for your reply,

But... I know I have to install the headers corresponding to the kernel that will be updated....here is the command I execute (example for kernel 4.15.18-10-pve) when I don't forget to do it before the "apt-get dist-upgrade" command:

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apt-get install pve-headers-4.15.18-10-pve
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My question is mostly...if I forgot to execute the above command before doing "apt-get dist-upgrade"...how can I correct the error because when there is "apt-get dist-upgrade" running...I don't see which module needs the DKMS ?

Many thanks

 

[Dubard]

Re,

Could I re-run the commands :

root@myserver:~# apt-get install pve-headers-4.15.18-10-pve

root@myserver:~# /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.15.18-10-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.18-10-pve

...after "apt-get dist-upgrade" command if I forget to install the kernel headers before ?

Thanks

 

[tom]

You should install pve-headers:

> apt install pve-headers

 

[Dubard]

Thanks Tom for your reply,

So if I understood correctly, by installing pve-headers on my servers...during my next update, by typing ONLY "apt-get dist-upgrade"...if the kernel needs to be updated, I will have no more errors concerning "/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms" script.

Many thanks