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I'm a student working with the Linux kernel, and was wondering how to access methods and macros in the kernel header files from outside the kernel in an OS. I apologize if this is an ignorant question, Linux is not my area of expertise.

Ramsey Alsheikh
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    Access them to do what? – muru Jun 11 '19 at 18:27
  • See https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.0.2/cpp_2.html – K7AAY Jun 11 '19 at 18:32
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    You either install the complete kernel source (with the headers), or you install a package from your distro that only contains the kernel headers. Then you can access them in any way you want, on the file system, as files. Was that the question? – dirkt Jun 11 '19 at 19:56
  • @dirkt, you answered my question. Thank you guys! – Ramsey Alsheikh Jun 12 '19 at 00:40
  • Possible duplicate of [Command to install linux headers fails](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/19898/command-to-install-linux-headers-fails) – X Tian Jun 12 '19 at 09:48

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You either install the complete kernel source (with the headers), or you install a package from your distro that only contains the kernel headers. Then you can access them in any way you want, on the file system, as files.

dirkt
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