From e0a6f27d1bbf053baf8a94c87fddd3f9ed30964c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Rothfusz Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:56:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Suggest installing linux-headers by default. Address #1187 and #1031 --- docs/sources/installation/ubuntulinux.rst | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/ubuntulinux.rst b/docs/sources/installation/ubuntulinux.rst index cf41b79266..587c8fe31b 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/ubuntulinux.rst +++ b/docs/sources/installation/ubuntulinux.rst @@ -34,13 +34,20 @@ Dependencies **Linux kernel 3.8** -Due to a bug in LXC docker works best on the 3.8 kernel. Precise comes with a 3.2 kernel, so we need to upgrade it. The kernel we install comes with AUFS built in. +Due to a bug in LXC, docker works best on the 3.8 kernel. Precise +comes with a 3.2 kernel, so we need to upgrade it. The kernel we +install comes with AUFS built in. We also include the generic headers +to enable packages that depend on them, like ZFS and the VirtualBox +guest additions. If you didn't install the headers for your "precise" +kernel, then you can skip these headers for the "raring" kernel. But +it is safer to include them if you're not sure. .. code-block:: bash # install the backported kernel - sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-raring + sudo apt-get update + sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-raring linux-headers-generic-lts-raring # reboot sudo reboot