Re: which is the latest kernel-image for powerpc's
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 09:05:55PM +0000, eric.s.cote@sympatico.ca wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 09:56:02PM +0200, Roland Wegmann wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > i have not been here for a few months, because i had to do my studies in
> > a forgein country. so i could not made further progress in learning
> > debian for powerpc's.
> > but now i'm back and it would be nice to meet again all the people that
> > helped me when i had problems with debian.
> >
> > Now my questions:
> >
> > which is the latest woody kenerl-image for powertpc's, that i can install
> > with the command "apt-get install kernel-image ...
> >
> 2.4.18
>
> > how can i find information about debian packages for powerpc? i looked
> > for a kernel-image on the page "packages.debian.org/testin/base/" but i
> > found only versions for the intel platform. so how can i recognize if the
> > packages is powerpc compatible?
> >
>
> a little trick that i do when i'm the web site downloading and searching for stuff. copy the URL
> and substitute powerpc for the x86 or i86 or whatever it is for the debs. quite often you'll get
> a working URL.
>
Also, if you have a keyword, apt-cache search works pretty well. And try aptitude...
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