where are the kernel headers?

[oz42]

Hi,

I just installed OpenSuSE. It is a ESXi VM, so I want to install the VMware tools. They need the kernel headers to compile, but I cannot find the RPM package that contains them.

Other distros have something like kernel-header.rpm or kernel-devel.rpm. What is its name on SuSE? zypper search was no help.

Olaf

[Edward_Iii]

Hello oz42 and welcome to the community.

@oz42

Hi,

I just installed OpenSuSE. It is a ESXi VM, so I want to install the VMware tools. They need the kernel headers to compile, but I cannot find the RPM package that contains them.

Other distros have something like kernel-header.rpm or kernel-devel.rpm. What is its name on SuSE? zypper search was no help.

There’s a kernel-devel package in the default opensuse oss repository.
You can install it using yast or using the zypper command:

zypper in kernel-devel

Good luck!