Control: tags 958405 + moreinfo Hi Tim--
On Tue 2020-04-21 14:43:32 +0000, Tim Smith wrote: > There seems to be a discrepancy between the docs and reality. > > The docs (https://www.wireguard.com/install/) suggest that for Debian 10.3 > all that is needed is to (a) enable backports, (b) run apt install wireguard > (c) Move on to the quick start walkthrough > > The reality is somewhat different. Having completed (a) and (b), you are > left with the following scenario: > sudo dkms status > wireguard, 0.0.20200318: added > However: > sudo ip link add dev wg33 type wireguard > RTNETLINK answers: Operation not supported > > I'm guessing a missing dependency ? But whichever way, the package needs > adjusting so things work as intended ? that output of "dkms status" suggests that the wireguard kernel module has not actually been built for your kernel. Why hasn't it been built for your kernel? perhaps because you're missing the linux-headers appropriate for your kernel (which should be a Recommends: from the dkms package, which wireguard-dkms explicitly Depends: upon), or something else? We can't explicitly Depend: on headers for your kernel, because the wireguard-dkms package itself don't know what kernel you have installed on your computer, so we rely on the Recommends: part of dkms. If you've disabled installation of Recommends, then you need to know how to manually get the pieces you need. if you could show the full transcript of your attempt to install the wireguard-dkms package, that might be a useful contribution to this bug report. but without that information, i don't have enough to help you debug here! all the best, --dkg
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