Re: Kernel updates with apt-get?

[Mike <mikewk147@comcast.net>]

Scott Mohnkern wrote:

> Got it, this is what I ended up with:
>
> cpcug:/homec/mohnkern# apt-cache search kernel-source
> kernel-source-2.4.10 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.10
> kernel-source-2.4.14 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.14
> freeswan - IPSEC utilities for FreeSWan
> kernel-source-2.2.10 - Linux kernel source.
> kernel-source-2.2.19 - Linux kernel source for version 2.2.19
> kernel-source-2.2.20 - Linux kernel source for version 2.2.20
> kernel-source-2.2.22 - Linux kernel source for version 2.2.22
> kernel-source-2.4.16 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.16
> kernel-source-2.4.17 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.17
> kernel-source-2.4.17-hppa - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.17 on 
> HPPA
> kernel-source-2.4.17-ia64 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.17 on 
> IA-64
> kernel-source-2.4.18 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.18
> kernel-source-2.4.18-hppa - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.18 on 
> HPPA
> kernel-source-2.4.19 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.19
>
> Where do I go from here?
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:25:02 -0400, Alec Berryman <alec@thened.net> 
> wrote:
>
> > begin  quotation of Scott Mohnkern on 2004-08-20 11:47:44 -0400:
> >
> > > hmmm. I've never tried "apt-get search" before....
> >
> >
> > Typo - `apt-cache search`.  Sorry
You could have also done:

apt-get install kernel-source

Because you didn't enter a version of the kernel-source, it errors and 
displays a list of available sources

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package kernel-source is a virtual package provided by:
 kernel-source-2.6.8 2.6.8-2
 kernel-source-2.6.7 2.6.7-4
 kernel-source-2.6.6 2.6.6-2
 kernel-source-2.4.27 2.4.27-3
 kernel-source-2.4.26 2.4.26-5
 kernel-source-2.4.25 2.4.25-3
 kernel-source-2.4.24 2.4.24-3
 kernel-source-2.2.25 2.2.25-3
You should explicitly select one to install.
E: Package kernel-source has no installation candidate

Now you can do, for example to install kernel-source-2.4.27:

apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.27

This will put the bzip2 file in /usr/src.

-mk