WSL2-Linux-Kernel Headers

[raheel103]

I would like Headers installation option in WSL2-Linux-Kernel , I'm trying to install a module (v4l2loopback) and it requires headers installed at /lib/modules/5.15.146.1-Microsoft-standard-wsl2+ . I searched online and they say wsl2 msft linux kernel doesn't come with headers , will normal linux headers from apt work?

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@raheel103 you need to match the headers with the current running kernel. The easy way is to get the WSL kernel source from https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/releases, run make headers_install and supply the correct INSTALL_HDR_PATH. It defaults to INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/usr so the kernel headers will be dropped in /usr/include. See details at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/kbuild/headers_install.html

You'll most likely need to build an external module, and the procedure is at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/kbuild/modules.html

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