Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

[xeno74]

Hi All,

The Power Progress Community has released the Firefox ESR 52.8.0 (64 bit) recompiled with gcc 7.3.0 and patched for Debian Sid ppc64. Packages are available in their repository.

Repository: https://repo.powerprogress.org/debian

Please test it.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

FYI;

Hello!

Since powerpc is now part of Debian Ports, everyone who is running
Debian on powerpc needs to update their /etc/apt/sources.list to
be able to continue tracking unstable.

The new sources.list should look like:

# binary default
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main

# source
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main

If you want to include packages which were just built on the buildds,
use:

# binary default
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
deb http://incoming.ports.debian.org/buildd/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main

# source
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/ buildd-unstable main

And if you use experimental, use without incoming:

# binary default
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main
# source
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main


And experimental with incoming:

# binary default
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
deb http://incoming.ports.debian.org/buildd/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ experimental main
# source
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/ buildd-unstable main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
deb-src http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/ buildd-experimental main

You may have to add these lines to your /etc/apt/preferences to
avoid packages from experimental getting installed automatically:

root@sompek:~# cat /etc/apt/preferences
Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 1
root@sompek:~#

Let me know if you have any issues. I will update the debian-installer
images for powerpc (and all other architectures) in the following
days.

Adrian

[xeno74]

FYI:

Unfortunately, Debian Ports currently does not build any packages
from the non-free repository. This means, if you need a package
from non-free and it's not an arch-all package (_all.deb suffix),
you will have to build that package yourself.

We might build contrib and non-free packages for Debian Ports
in the future, but I am not sure whether that's possible from
the legal point of view.

Adrian

[xeno74]

FYI:

I forgot to mention. You need to install the package "debian-ports-archive-keyring":

# apt install debian-ports-archive-keyring

In case you are prompted to install from an untrusted source, say "Y".

Then run "apt update" again.

Adrian

[Spectre660]

Some links to keep an eye on.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/recent
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/po ... s.2128808/

[Roland]

There was a plenty of updates available for Debian Buster PP64... I selected them all and started the update process. Download went ok, but there were some problems in the installation step... After I rebooted Debian, it was not anymore able to open the desktop (no error messages, just blinking cursor on black backround screen).

I was able to open a terminal window with F2 and log in, but 'Startx' was not succesful, the server gave up trying to open a desktop. 'llightdm' was an unknown command to the terminal.

What steps should I use to get the distro again 'on it's feet'?

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I created a small image of Debian Buster/Sid PPC64 today. I recommend to use it if you have any problems with Adrian's ISOs. Please increase the partition with GParted after you copied the image to an empty partition. I had to decrease the partition a little bit and after that I was able to increase the partition.

Download: debian-9.0-ppc64.img

root (password "amigaone")
amigaone (password "amigaone")

First steps

1. Configure your network device with dhclient
2. Check the network device with ip a
3. Update the package index with apt-get update
4. Install Xorg with apt-get install xorg
5. After that you could install the MATE desktop with apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras
6. Then you could install a display manager for example "lightdm" with apt-get install lightdm
7. Afterwards reboot your AmigaOne

Cheers,
Christian

Hi All,

I was able to upgrade the Debian img above to version 11 (bullseye) today.

1. I updated /etc/apt/sources.list

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   deb [allow-insecure=yes] http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main
   deb-src [allow-insecure=yes] http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main
   

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   apt-get dist-upgrade

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   apt-get install xorg

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   apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras

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   apt-get install network-manager-gnome

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   apt install debian-ports-archive-keyring

7. I updated /etc/apt/sources.list

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   deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main
   deb-src http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main

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   apt-get update

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   apt install lightdm

Cheers,
Christian