I am trying to modify this debian source package which requires the the user to manually install the current Linux kernel's header (with sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) before installing droidcam.

However, can this be automated using the debian/control file or the postinst script, so that the user does not have to manually install it?

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Well, this is not a complete solution. It does not cover if the user want keep an older kernel.

Instead of headers only

Depends: ${misc:Depends}, build-essential, linux-headers-generic | linux-headers-generic-pae | linux-headers-lowlatency | linux-headers-lowlatency-pae

Put kernel & headers as requirement

Depends: ${misc:Depends}, build-essential, linux-generic | linux-generic-pae | linux-lowlatency | linux-lowlatency-pae

So this way:

• If the kernel is last version, it will install its headers.
• If the kernel is old version, it will install both the last version kernel with its headers.

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