%general-entities; ]> Linux-Libc-Headers For years it has been common practice to use raw kernel headers (straight from a kernel tarball) in /usr/include, but over the last few years, the kernel developers have taken a strong stance that this should not be done. This gave birth to the Linux-Libc-Headers Project, which was designed to maintain an API stable version of the Linux headers. Install the header files: cp -R include/asm-i386 /usr/include/asm cp -R include/linux /usr/include cp -R include/mtd /usr/include cp -R include/sound /usr/include cp -R include/scsi /usr/include Ensure that all the headers are owned by root: chown -R root:root /usr/include/{asm,linux,mtd,sound,scsi} Make sure the users can read the headers: find /usr/include/{asm,linux,mtd,sound,scsi} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; find /usr/include/{asm,linux,mtd,sound,scsi} -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; Installed headers /usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h Short Descriptions /usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h The Linux API headers /usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h