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[Member Wallon]

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OK, I see the new kernels in Synaptic and also in Cli-aptiX.
In Cli-aptiX, I don’t know how to install the new kernel.
In Synaptic, should I choose several packages?
It’s really easier with “Package-Installer”.
Wallon

[Member Xecure]

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You need to state the number of the program you want to install.
> Search for antiX kernels > View 10 leading results > (number of the specific kernel you want to install, in my image 7 is for linux-image-4.9.261), Enter
Then,
> Install package linux-image-(whatever you chose)
yes to install dependencies, wait and done.

It is true that synaptic is much easier to understand, but cli-aptiX is much faster for finding and installing antiX kernels (and automatically installing the kernel headers).

An update to packageinstaller-pkglist will come soon, I think, that may also include some of the translations for program descriptions.

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[Member Wallon]

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Thank you Xexure.

[Member calciumsodium]

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@linuxdaddy.

updating my synaptic still does not see the 4.9.261 kernel. The latest one is 4.9.240. I am interested in the 4.9 kernel

These are list of repositories on my system:
$ sudo grep -Erh ^deb /etc/apt/sources.list*
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https://packages.microsoft.com/debian/10/prod buster main
deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/buster buster main nonfree
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free

Should I add other repositories?

@Xecure,

cli-aptiX only sees 4.9.240 kernel even after sudo apt update. I don’t see the 4.9.261 kernel

[Member Xecure]

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You are 100% right, calciumsodium. It seems this rit.edu mirror hasn’t been updated yet.

Try the repo manager (Control Centre > Maintenance > Repo manager) to select a different mirror close to you for the antiX repos and check again.

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[Member calciumsodium]

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Hi @Xecure,

Success. I was able to use the repo manager (Control Centre > Maintenance > Repo manager) to select a different mirror for my antiX repo. I then used cli-aptiX to update my kernel to 4.9.261. This is the first time I am using cli-aptX to update kernel. I have been using packageinstaller.

Thank you @Xecure and @linuxdaddy for your help.

Just a note, the latest packageinstaller-pkglist (0.3.27) still does not have these latest kernels, at least from my end.

5.10.22 (antiX-19, bullseye, testing and sid 64bit only)
4.19.180 (antiX-19, bullseye, testing and sid)
4.9.261 (antiX-19, bullseye, testing and sid)
4.4.261 (antiX-19, bullseye, testing and sid)

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Install packageinstaller-pkglist-libre and packageinstaller-pkglist-nonfree

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

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Thanks @anticapitalista
That solves the problem also. I installed packageinstaller-pkglist-libre and packageinstaller-pkglist-nonfree and it removed the old packageinstaller-pkglist because of lack of dependencies. I see the new kernels in packageinstaller now. I did not know about the libre and nonfree versions. Thanks

[Member Xecure]

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anticapitalista wrote:

Install packageinstaller-pkglist-libre and packageinstaller-pkglist-nonfree

Yes, this updates the packagelist with the newest kernel version.

Will packageinstaller change the dependencies in the future from
Depends: [...], packageinstaller-pkglist | packageinstaller-pkglist-libre
to

Depends: [...], packageinstaller-pkglist-libre
Recommends: packageinstaller-pkglist-nonfree

Or will packageinstaller-pkglist continue to be a dependency, acting as a meta-package for -libre + -non-free, so we keep the packageinstaller dependencies as is?

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@Xecure – not sure which is the best way to do it yet.

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

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Hi all. I managed to update to the latest kernel 5.10.22 via package installer. During the installation i received a warning and an error (could not find initial ram disk and

some initrd error) but after reboot everything seems to work perfectly fine and after uname -r it shows the new kernel. How can i check if the kernel is installed correctly

other way than visually? Regards and congrats once again to antix team. Impressive work!

P.S: as a side note, #antix is way out better than #ubuntu for the guys who still don’t know this, tried several ubuntu based distros, mint, lite so i know from experience

• This reply was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by U1tr4_B1u3.

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