Manjaro Linux kernel headers installation

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Korbin Brown
Oct 13, 2020

A Linux kernel is the core of a Linux distribution and consists of three things: the kernel itself, the kernel’s headers, and the kernel’s extra modules. The kernel headers are used to define device interfaces. For example, they can be used to compile the module that controls your computer’s video card and driver.

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