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I updated my CentOS to kernel version 4.4 (kernel-lt) and want to install kernel-devel for the new kernel now.

This question suggests the following command:

sudo yum install "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)"

In my case uname -r evaluates to 4.4.193-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64

$ sudo yum install "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)"
[sudo] password for sadik: 
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: artfiles.org
 * elrepo: mirrors.nav.ro
 * epel: epel.mirror.nucleus.be
 * extras: mirror.23media.com
 * updates: mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net
No package kernel-devel-uname-r == 4.4.193-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 available.
Error: Nothing to do

When I look for the source directories, I can only see the ones for version 3.10:

$ ls /usr/src/kernels/
3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64  3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.debug

I tried to look for other versions of kernel-devel with the option --showduplicates:

$ sudo yum search --showduplicates kernel-devel
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: artfiles.org
 * elrepo: fedora.is
 * epel: mirror.de.leaseweb.net
 * extras: mirror.23media.com
 * updates: mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net
=========================================================== N/S matched: kernel-devel ===========================================================
kernel-devel-3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.centos.plus.x86_64 : Development package for building kernel modules to match the kernel
kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64 : Development package for building kernel modules to match the kernel
kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64 : Development package for building kernel modules to match the kernel
kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64 : Development package for building kernel modules to match the kernel

How can I install kernel-devel or kernel-headers for the kernel that is currently running (4.4)?

Sadık
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You say you installed the kernel from kernel-lt repo, so you need to make sure you enable that repo to install anything kernel related

yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install ...
Stephen Harris
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