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kernel.org kernels on Debian

kernel.org kernels on Debian

Posted May 12, 2008 17:12 UTC (Mon) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625)
In reply to: Stable kernel 2.6.25.3 released by gregkh
Parent article: Stable kernel 2.6.25.3 released

It's pretty easy to keep up to date with 2.6.x.y on Debian.

sudo apt-get install ketchup make-kpkg

Keep an unpacked copy of a recent version in your home directory, then:

cd linux-*
ketchup -r
make oldconfig
make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot clean
make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot kernel_image 
cd ..

and sudo dpkg -i to install the new kernel package.

Haven't tried this on Ubuntu.


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