Difference between revisions of "Install newer kernels in Debian stable"
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sudo apt-get -t stretch-backports upgrade | sudo apt-get -t stretch-backports upgrade | ||
Latest revision as of 15:34, 13 March 2019
Contents
Prerequisites
Install Debian, all commands below run as root:
sudo su -
Enable backports
cat <<EOT >>/etc/apt/sources.list deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports main contrib non-free EOT
Upgrade some packages
It's unclear why we need this or whether we need it at all:
sudo apt-get -t stretch-backports upgrade
Search for new kernel
apt search linux-image
Install new kernel
apt-get -t stretch-backports install linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 linux-headers-4.19.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 firmware-linux-free
Reboot
reboot
aram@debian:~$ uname -a Linux debian 4.19.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.16-1~bpo9+1 (2019-02-07) x86_64 GNU/Linux aram@debian:~$
