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manoflinux

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Registered: 2022-08-16

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best way to install kernel 6.12 in Daedalus

will there be debs at some point?  or would it only be official in Excalibur?
I have compiled kernels by hand before but was hoping there was some trusted debs floating around.
any constructive suggestions appreciated.

rolfie

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Registered: 2017-11-25

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Re: best way to install kernel 6.12 in Daedalus

Currently you will find 6.11 kernels in the Daedalus backports. When Debian decides that 6.12 is suitable for backports, you may get it in Daedalus too. Devuan kernels are Debian kernels.

Testing/Trixie/Excalibur do run on a 6.12 kernel currently. When you are running on brand new hardware, upgrading to Excalibur might be an option.

manoflinux

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Registered: 2022-08-16

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Re: best way to install kernel 6.12 in Daedalus

Thanks, is there no upgrade path to Excalibur? does it require a full install? I upgraded to Daedalus before it was stable.

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RedGreen925

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Registered: 2024-12-07

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Re: best way to install kernel 6.12 in Daedalus

Thanks, is there no upgrade path to Excalibur?

Sure there is like any Debian install do you apt update and apt upgrade to have the latest packages installed. Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list changing to excalibur all the daedalus you see in the lines. Then apt update once more and this time apt full-upgrade. With any luck it goes well and you end up with new operating system the soon to be the next stable in few months. As always when doing something like this backup your important files. And really unless there is some pressing need to have the 6.12 kernel installed the 6.11 in the backports is probably all you need to have.

golinux

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Re: best way to install kernel 6.12 in Daedalus

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ralph.ronnquist

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Re: best way to install kernel 6.12 in Daedalus

note that you also need to follow up with

apt-get dist-upgrade

which, in addition upgrading packages, adds and removes packages according to the dependency network. To quote the man page:

dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The dist-upgrade command may therefore remove some packages. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package files. See also apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for individual packages.

Note that it's never too early to start reading man pages...