WSL ubuntu 24.04 apt install intel-oneapi-toolkit ERROR version.h not found while vtune compile

macanori — Tue, 26 May 2026 02:30:46 GMT

On my Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) - ubuntu 24.04, I tried

sudo apt install intel-oneapi-toolkit

but got an error message during vtune compilation as below.

Does anyone know how to solve this?

I've manually installed 'linux-headers-6.6.114.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2' as below but still got the same error message.

...

Get:70 https://apt.repos.intel.com/oneapi all/main amd64 intel-oneapi-vtune amd64 2026.1.0-13 [538 MB]

...

Selecting previously unselected package intel-oneapi-vtune.
Preparing to unpack .../69-intel-oneapi-vtune_2026.1.0-13_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking intel-oneapi-vtune (2026.1.0-13) ...

Setting up intel-oneapi-vtune (2026.1.0-13) ...

C compiler version: 13.3.0
Make version: 4.3
Kernel version: 6.6.114

ERROR: The following required item(s) are not found:
version.h

If required item(s) are due to incorrectly installed or corrupted kernel headers,
Please use the following command to reinstall kernel header on Ubuntu:
apt install --reinstall linux-headers-6.6.114.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Configuring sep5 boot script with the following options:
driver files = /opt/intel/oneapi/vtune/2026.1/sepdk/src/.
Creating boot script /etc/init.d/sep5 ... done.
Configuring autoload of sep5 driver for runlevels 2 through 5 ... update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
done.

...

I am using WSL (ubuntu24.04) running on Win 11 Pro, intel core ultra9 285K:

user@host:~$ more /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=noble
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS"

user@host:~$ uname -r
6.6.114.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

user@host:~/Downloads/WSL2-Linux-Kernel$ sudo apt install --reinstall linux-headers-6.6.114.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

...

E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-6.6.114.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-6.6.114.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2'

user@host:~/Downloads$ git clone https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel.git
Cloning into 'WSL2-Linux-Kernel'...

user@host:~/Downloads/WSL2-Linux-Kernel$ git switch user/chessturo/6.6.114.1

user@host:~/Downloads/WSL2-Linux-Kernel$ git branch -a
linux-msft-wsl-6.18.y
* user/chessturo/6.6.114.1

user@host:~/Downloads/WSL2-Linux-Kernel$ make KCONFIG_CONFIG=Microsoft/config-wsl -j16

user@host:~/Downloads/WSL2-Linux-Kernel$ make headers_install

user@host:~/Downloads/WSL2-Linux-Kernel$ sudo ln -s /usr/include/linux /usr/src/linux-6.6.114.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

The folder '/usr/include/linux' contains a 'version.h' file (attached).

Before installing the header above, I got another error message as below during "apt install intel-oneapi-toolkit":

Setting up intel-oneapi-vtune (2026.1.0-13) ...
C compiler version: 13.3.0
Make version: 4.3

ERROR: kernel source directory "/usr/src/linux-6.6.114.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2" either does not exist or not a valid kernel source directory.

Please use the following command to install kernel header on Ubuntu:
apt install linux-headers-6.6.114.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Configuring sep5 boot script with the following options:
driver files = /opt/intel/oneapi/vtune/2026.1/sepdk/src/.
Creating systemd load script /usr/local/sbin/sep5-load.sh ...
done.
Creating systemd boot config file /usr/lib/systemd/system/sep5.service ...
done.
Configuring autoload of sep5.service service ...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/sep5.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/sep5.service.
Job for sep5.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status sep5.service" and "journalctl -xeu sep5.service" for details.
WARNING: systemctl start returned error 1 ...
./boot-script: 926: getenforce: not found
done.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Re: WSL ubuntu 24.04 apt install intel-oneapi-toolkit ERROR version.h not found while vtune compile

macanori — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:39:57 GMT

I gave up 'apt' and tried 'offline installer' of 'Intel® oneAPI Toolkit' for 'linux', which works fine without an ERROR on WSL (ubuntu24.04).

less /tmp/user/intel_oneapi_installer/2026.05.26.12.02.24.309/*.log | grep ERROR

(nothing)

ls /tmp/user/intel_oneapi_installer/2026.05.26.12.02.24.309/*vtune*.log
'/tmp/user/intel_oneapi_installer/2026.05.26.12.02.24.309/pm.intel.oneapi.lin.vtune,v=2026.0.0+325.2026.05.26.12.02.27.422451.log'
'/tmp/user/intel_oneapi_installer/2026.05.26.12.02.24.309/pm.intel.oneapi.lin.vtune.eclipse-plugin,v=2026.0.0+325.2026.05.26.12.02.26.878056.log'

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