ORBIT-USER: kernal headers can't be installed

[Mesut Ali Ergin]

Try doing an apt-get update first.

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Bin Zan wrote:
> Hello all,
>            I was tring to install the new verison of Madwifi-0.9.3.
>           Before I run make command in the madwif-0.93 directory, I noted I
> need install kernel header first. So I run:
> 
> node1-1:/usr/src# dpkg -l| grep image
> ii  linux-image-2.6-686        2.6.18+5                        Linux kernel
> 2.6 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/P
> ii  linux-image-2.6.18-3-686   2.6.18-7                        Linux 2.6.18
> image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/
> 
> apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.18-3-686 linux-kbuild-2.6.18
> 
> I got:
> Package linux-headers-2.6.18-3-686 is not available, but is referred to by
> another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package linux-headers-2.6.18-3-686 has no installation candidate
> 
> Please give your suggestion.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bin Zan
>