Very simple things to be installed the Linux kernel headers for currently running kernel version by the terminal. The below commands are updates current kernel version and upgrade Kernel-Headers on Ubuntu or Debian Linux.
# sudo apt-get update
Search your kernel version using below command,
# apt-cache search linux-headers-$(uname -r)
linux-headers-3.19.0-68-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 3.19.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
You can install Linux Header package on Ubuntu or Debian
# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
If you would like to install specific version of kernel header, have to install header-generic only it will not upgrade then,
# apt-get install Linux-generic
use the below command you can check the Linux-Headers package information.
# dpkg -l | grep linux-headers
ii linux-headers-3.19.0-15 3.19.0-15.15 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.19.0
ii linux-headers-3.19.0-15-generic 3.19.0-15.15 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.19.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.19.0-68 3.19.0-68.76 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.19.0
ii linux-headers-3.19.0-68-generic 3.19.0-68.76 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.19.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-generic 3.19.0.68.66 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
# uname -a
Linux thelinuxfaqubuntu 3.19.0-68-generic #76-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 12 08:48:09 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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