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What Does Linux-Headers-`Uname -R` Do?

Chloe Bennett • • 3 min read
What Does Linux-Headers-`Uname -R` Do?

What does the following command do?

sudo apt-get --reinstall install linux-headers-`uname -r`

sudo executes the statement with elevated priviledges. apt-get is a command to retrieve a specific package/program. What does the rest of the switches/flags do?

I'm trying to reset my wireless adapter's drivers to "factory default" settings.

1 Answer

--reinstall install:

Normally, this is written install --reinstall, but both work just fine. This simply is telling apt-get to reinstall the package(s).

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