Unable to locate package linux-headers on Ubuntu 24.04 WSL

[afan0918]

Description

I encountered an issue when trying to install bpfcc-tools and linux-headers on Ubuntu 24.04 WSL.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Follow the steps to install dependencies and compile the kernel module as described in the documentation.
2. Run the following command:

sudo apt-get install bpfcc-tools linux-headers-$(uname -r)

The package linux-headers-5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 was not found. Maybe an alternative approach is needed.

Actual Behavior

The following error messages are displayed:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2'

[afan0918]

Additional Information

I would like to provide some additional details regarding the issue I reported earlier.

System Information

• OS: Windows 11
• CPU: Intel i5-12400F
• WSL Version: WSL 2
• Distro: Ubuntu 24.04 (fresh installation with no other software installed)
• Kernel Version: 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 (output of uname -r)

Problem Description

It appears that the uname -r command in WSL 2 returns a kernel version that does not correspond to any available linux-headers package in the repositories. This might be the reason why the linux-headers package cannot be located.

[solarcell1474]

i have the same questions when installing the USB redirector. please help

[Wh1isper]

Microsoft doesn't provide a package for this, but I found WSL related in the repository installation guide: https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/blob/master/INSTALL.md#wslwindows-subsystem-for-linux---binary