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Re: How to install the kernel 5.4.14 (source and headers) packages on Debian buster.

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Hello.

I've got a crazy idea : I see that Ubuntu has a 5.4 kernel source and
header package. Is there a method or tool to convert these packages to
debian packages so that I can use them on Debian ? That's because I prefer
Debian over Ubuntu. Thanks.


On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 10:25 PM Andrew M.A. Cater <amacater@einval.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 01:16:31PM +0200, Mario Marietto wrote:
> > Hello to everyone.
> >
> > I've just installed Debian Buster on my ARM Chromebook,using this image :
> >
> > https://github.com/hexdump0815/imagebuilder/releases?page=12
> >
> > He says that the image is based on the kernel 5.4 and it is. Infact the
> > default running kernel is 5.4.14. But for the project that I'm working
> on,I
> > also need to install the linux source and the headers packages for the
> same
> > kernel (5.4.14),but unfortunately,between the packages I only see
> versions
> > 4.19 and 5.10. Is there a method to install the sources and headers
> > packages also for the kernel 5.4.14 ?
> >
>
> You're out of luck - Debian doesn't offer 5.4 but does offer 5.10 - and
> what you've got is not from Debian.
>
> You might be able to install debootstrap and current kernel sources
> and build your own. I'd suggest starting from Debian 12 to build a
> current image.
>
> In the interim, you need to ask the person who provided that image
> where the source and headers are.
>
> > The point is that for the project that I'm working on (using qemu 5.1 +
> > enabling kvm + kernel 5.4 + libvirt on my ARM chromebook) I need the
> kvm.h
> > header,that's provided by the linux-headers (5.4.14) package. I can't
> use a
> > version of qemu greater than 5.1 and a version of the kernel greater than
> > 5.4. That's the reason why I'm asking this question.
> >
>
> Go and ask, maybe - we can't really help.
>
> PS: Thanks very much for clear formatting of this message which is much
> easier to read than some of your prior messages.
>
> > Thanks very much.
> >
> > --
> > Mario.
>
> With every good wish, as ever,
>
> Andy Cater
>
>

-- 
Mario.

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How to install the kernel 5.4.14 (source and headers) packages on  Debian buster. Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> - 2023-09-01 13:20 +0200
  Re: How to install the kernel 5.4.14 (source and headers) packages  on Debian buster. "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-09-01 19:20 +0200
    Re: How to install the kernel 5.4.14 (source and headers) packages on  Debian buster. Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> - 2023-09-01 23:20 +0200
      Re: How to install the kernel 5.4.14 (source and headers) packages  on Debian buster. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-09-01 23:50 +0200
      Re: How to install the kernel 5.4.14 (source and headers) packages  on Debian buster. "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-09-02 00:00 +0200
      Re: How to install the kernel 5.4.14 (source and headers) packages on  Debian buster. Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-09-02 05:20 +0200
        Re: How to install the kernel 5.4.14 (source and headers) packages on  Debian buster. Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> - 2023-09-02 18:50 +0200
    Re: How to install the kernel 5.4.14 (source and headers) packages on Debian  buster. Dominique Dumont <dominique.dumont@netc.fr> - 2023-09-05 17:20 +0200

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