Install kernel from RPM on Debian 6.0 - Revision history

Kir: alien is obsoleted and overrated

2013-10-18T11:05:15Z

alien is obsoleted and overrated

2012-10-12T13:39:15Z

ploop related fixes

2012-05-25T06:46:11Z

Added ploop, because it seems to be required by vzctl

2012-05-25T06:43:40Z

2012-03-29T11:08:44Z

link to rhel6-testing

2012-03-21T03:28:23Z

‎Installation

2012-02-05T10:08:07Z

2012-02-05T09:09:25Z

2012-02-05T09:08:52Z

2011-11-10T10:51:52Z

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	You can use the latest RHEL6-based kernel builds on your Debian 6.0 machine. Here's how.		You can use the latest RHEL6-based kernel builds on your Debian 6.0 machine. Here's how.
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		+	{{Warning\|While it works, the best way is to use native kernel/tools builds for Wheezy, please see [[Installation on Debian]].}}

	== Installation ==		== Installation ==

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 * vzkernel
 * vzkernel-devel
 * vzctl
-* vzctl-lib
+* ploop-lib
 * ploop
 * vzquota
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 . Convert all the RPMs to debs using alien.
-  fakeroot alien --to-deb --scripts --keep-version vz*.rpm
+  fakeroot alien --to-deb --scripts --keep-version vz*.rpm ploop*.rpm
 . Install debs.
-  dpkg -i vz*.deb
+  dpkg -i vz*.deb ploop*.deb
- dpkg -i ploop*.deb
+If you're having problem about overwriting files from other packages, try adding <code>--force-overwrite</code> option.
 . Modify <code>/boot/grub/menu.lst</code>. See “configuring the bootloader” of [[Quick installation]].
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 . Edit <code>/etc/sysctl.conf</code>. See “sysctl” of [[Quick installation]].
-. Make OpenVZ boots automatically.
+. Make OpenVZ boot automatically.
   update-rc.d vz defaults
   update-rc.d vzeventd defaults

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 . Convert all the RPMs to debs using alien.
   fakeroot alien --to-deb --scripts --keep-version vz*.rpm
 . Install debs.
   dpkg -i vz*.deb
 If you're having problem about overwriting files from other packages, try dpkg -i --force-overwrite vz*.deb

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 * vzctl
 * vzctl-lib
 * vzquota
 <code>vzkernel-devel</code> is optional.

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 == Installation ==
-. Get the latest kernel and utils from [[Download/kernel/rhel6]] and [[Download/utils]]. You need
+. Get the latest kernel and utils from [[Download/kernel/rhel6]] (or [[Download/kernel/rhel6-testing]]) and [[Download/utils]]. You need
 * vzkernel
 * vzkernel-devel

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 . Make OpenVZ boots automatically.
   update-rc.d vz defaults
 . Reboot.
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 . Follow the [[Quick installation]] from “installing OS template caches”.
 [[Category: HOWTO]]

← Older revision	Revision as of 09:09, 5 February 2012
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-You can use latest RHEL6-based kernel builds on your Debian or Ubuntu machine. Here's how.
+You can use the latest RHEL6-based kernel builds on your Debian 6.0 machine. Here's how.
 == Installation ==
-. Get the latest kernel from either [[Download/kernel/rhel6-testing]] or [[Download/kernel/rhel6]]. You need <code>vzkernel</code> and <code>vzkernel-devel</code> packages only, with the <code>-devel</code> being optional.
+. Get the latest kernel and utils from [[Download/kernel/rhel6]] and [[Download/utils]]. You need
-. Install fakeroot and alien:
+. Install fakeroot and alien.
-  apt-get install alien fakeroot
+  apt-get install fakeroot alien
-. Convert these two rpms to debs using alien. This is
+. Convert all the RPMs to debs using alien.
-  fakeroot alien --to-deb --scripts --keep-version vzkernel-*.rpm
+  fakeroot alien --to-deb --scripts --keep-version vz*.rpm
-. Install debs as usual. Reboot. Enjoy.
+. Install debs.
-  dpkg -i vzkernel*.deb
+  dpkg -i vz*.deb
 [[Category: HOWTO]]