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After running below command i got error:

# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64'

To troubleshoot i checked following:

# apt-cache search linux-headers
aufs-dkms - DKMS files to build and install aufs
linux-libc-dev-arm64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-armel-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-armhf-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-mips-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-mips64el-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-mipsel-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-ppc64el-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-s390x-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-alpha-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-hppa-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-m68k-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-mips64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-powerpc-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-powerpcspe-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-ppc64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-sh4-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-sparc64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-headers-4.9.0-11-all - All header files for Linux 4.9 (meta-package)
linux-headers-4.9.0-11-all-amd64 - All header files for Linux 4.9 (meta-package)
linux-headers-4.9.0-11-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-11-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-11-common - Common header files for Linux 4.9.0-11
linux-headers-4.9.0-11-common-rt - Common header files for Linux 4.9.0-11-rt
linux-headers-4.9.0-11-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-11-rt-amd64
linux-headers-amd64 - Header files for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-headers-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux rt-amd64 configuration (meta-package)```


and 

# apt-cache search linux-image
linux-headers-4.9.0-11-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-11-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-11-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-11-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-11-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-11-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-11-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-11-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-11-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-11-rt-amd64
linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-image-rt-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-rt-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux rt-amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs

After running apt-cache search linux-image i get linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64 kernal version which i want in the result of apt-cache search linux-headers command also.

Few people suggested to change sources.list and then try. But as i am new to this i don't have idea how to search proper link for sources.list and what will be best suited to resolve my problem.

I did search on google but did not find solution. Any link or solution which can provide solution will be of great help.

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  • Tried in another machine. Getting same error: # apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package linux-headers-4.9.0-8-amd64 is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source **E: Package 'linux-headers-4.9.0-8-amd64' has no installation candidate** – Abhishek Verma Sep 25 '19 at 08:49
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    You should update your system first , `apt update && apt upgrade` , reboot then `apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)` – GAD3R Sep 25 '19 at 09:44
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    @GAD3R: Thank you for answering. I used your approach and finally i found the kernal upgraded to **4.9.0-11-amd64**. This output i got after running uname -r command. I don't want to upgrade the kernal. i want the kernal to be **4.9.0-3-amd64**. Please suggest how to do this. – Abhishek Verma Sep 25 '19 at 10:09

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For

apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

to work, you need to be running a kernel which is still available from the distribution repositories; in most cases, this basically means you need to be running the latest supported kernel for your distribution.

On Debian, the simplest option is

apt-get update
apt-get install linux-image-amd64 linux-headers-amd64

(adjust to your architecture) to get the current kernel and matching headers, then reboot.

Stephen Kitt
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  • Getting below error. Don't know the reason. Please help: # apt-get install linux-image-amd64 linux-headers-amd64 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: linux-headers-amd64 : Depends: linux-headers-4.9.0-8-amd64 but it is not installable linux-image-amd64 : Depends: linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64 but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. – Abhishek Verma Sep 25 '19 at 09:50
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    I missed a step, you need `apt-get update` first. – Stephen Kitt Sep 25 '19 at 10:33
  • I tried your solution this also worked for me. But i wanted to know if some how i can user same old kernal and its corresponding headers. Also i wanted to know if doing so have some drawbacks. If yes then what are those and why? You can also refer some link from where i can learn about all these concepts. Please help. Thank you. – Abhishek Verma Sep 26 '19 at 12:48
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    See [GAD3R’s answer](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/543631/86440) if you really want to use an older kernel. However there are quite a few drawbacks: older kernels have more known security issues... I highly recommend keeping up-to-date with distribution kernel releases. See [Greg KH’s talk on the kernel release model at Kernel Recipes 2017](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/543631/86440) and [his blog post on which stable kernel to use](http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2018/08/24/what-stable-kernel-should-i-use/). – Stephen Kitt Sep 26 '19 at 21:26
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The linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64 is outdated , it is removed and replaced with the more recent package linux-headers-4.9.0-11-amd64 that's why you can't install it from the regular repository.

You can install the linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64 from the snapshot archive repository:

edit your sources list:

nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/snapshot.list

Add the following lines:

deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20170609T034604Z stretch main
deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20170609T034604Z stretch-updates main
deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-security/20170920T221221Z stretch/updates main

then:

apt -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update
apt install linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64

To access snapshots of suites using Valid-Until that are older than a dozen days, it is necessary to ignore the Valid-Until header within Release files, in order to prevent apt from disregarding snapshot entries ("Release file expired"). Use aptitude -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update or apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update for this purpose.

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  • Thank you. This is what i need. I will try this solution and update soon. – Abhishek Verma Sep 26 '19 at 13:02
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    I ran into this same issue. I'm using the Vagrant boxes published by Debian themselves for Puppet acceptance tests and both Stretch and Buster now can't find the linux-headers package that matches the kernel version installed in each Vagrant box. I don't have the ability (or desire) to be able to patch and reboot the box as part of the test process, plus the machines by definition aren't long-lived anyway. I figured Debian wouldn't delete the packages and that they're there somewhere in a source so thanks for this answer. – bodgit Sep 27 '19 at 09:45
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This worked for me after I submitted the command: apt-cache search linux-headers. I chose linux-headers-5.4.0-1009-oracle from the list. I'm using Windows 10 Professional!

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-5.4.0-1009-oracle
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  linux-oracle-headers-5.4.0-1009
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-5.4.0-1009-oracle linux-oracle-headers-5.4.0-1009
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 21 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 87.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 linux-oracle-headers-5.4.0-1009 all 5.4.0-1009.9 [11.0 MB]Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 linux-headers-5.4.0-1009-oracle amd64 5.4.0-1009.9 [1244 kB]
Fetched 12.2 MB in 1min 12s (170 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package linux-oracle-headers-5.4.0-1009.
(Reading database ... 99989 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-oracle-headers-5.4.0-1009_5.4.0-1009.9_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-oracle-headers-5.4.0-1009 (5.4.0-1009.9) ...

Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-5.4.0-1009-oracle.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-headers-5.4.0-1009-oracle_5.4.0-1009.9_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-5.4.0-1009-oracle (5.4.0-1009.9) ...
Setting up linux-oracle-headers-5.4.0-1009 (5.4.0-1009.9) ...
Setting up linux-headers-5.4.0-1009-oracle (5.4.0-1009.9) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
 * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.4.0-1009-oracle

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=5.4.0-1009-oracle -C /lib/modules/5.4.0-1009-oracle/build M=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build................
cleaning build area...

DKMS: build completed.

vboxdrv.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.4.0-1009-oracle/updates/dkms/

vboxnetadp.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.4.0-1009-oracle/updates/dkms/

vboxnetflt.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.4.0-1009-oracle/updates/dkms/

depmod...

DKMS: install completed.
   ...done.
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