Hello again.
Last week I was looking for something else on the net when my results revealed a secret I didn't know about. And it looks like no one else in PPC land possibly knew either.
Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic for PowerPC!
Someone set up a Bionic repo with ppc packages available to install. And where is this secret? It's here!
sourceforge.net
It has a basic guide which is easy enough but I found a few issues needed solving along the way. Some are actual commands needed to work. Others are broken packages needing recompiling.
First is my xenial sources list:
I have (of course) installed this package to fix the broken Xenial package lists:
drive.google.com
I had no issues with certificates nor https transfers. In case it's needed I had previously installed ca-certificates 20210119~16.04.1:
So next I make sure all my xenial packages are up to date:
I needed this to import the needed keys:
I then added this to the sources list:
Finally ready for the update:
For me the update was slow to download and SF.net kept giving me 429 errors but I persisted after letting it rest and it eventually had all packages.
I found some package issues during installing. There is wireless-regdb which conflicted with crda so I just removed the wireless-regdb package in the meantime. Then lsvpd failed to configure and kept breaking dpkg which holds back packages like ubuntu-standard. This was fixed upstream but the Bionic update didn't include the latest builds. In case it's needed I uploaded it here:
drive.google.com
I kept running the dist-upgrade until eventually it finished. The end result worked but my desktop was slightly faulty as the user widget for logout was missing from the top panel. I had been running gnome-flashback if it mattered. Then accidentally removed the package. But the Bionic files are missing packages so I can't reinstall it now. 🤔
Give it a shot!
Last week I was looking for something else on the net when my results revealed a secret I didn't know about. And it looks like no one else in PPC land possibly knew either.
Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic for PowerPC!
Someone set up a Bionic repo with ppc packages available to install. And where is this secret? It's here!
PowerPC Linux builds - Browse /ubuntu-bionic-powerpc at SourceForge.net
Repositories for providing PowerPC packages missing in distributions
sourceforge.net
It has a basic guide which is easy enough but I found a few issues needed solving along the way. Some are actual commands needed to work. Others are broken packages needing recompiling.
First is my xenial sources list:
Code:
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ xenial main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ xenial-updates main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ xenial-backports main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ xenial-security main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ xenial-proposed main multiverse restricted universeI have (of course) installed this package to fix the broken Xenial package lists:
update-package-lists_1.0-1_powerpc.deb
drive.google.com
I had no issues with certificates nor https transfers. In case it's needed I had previously installed ca-certificates 20210119~16.04.1:
So next I make sure all my xenial packages are up to date:
Code:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgradeI needed this to import the needed keys:
Code:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 2ADEC8BDDF66C3EF
sudo apt install apt-transport-httpsI then added this to the sources list:
Code:
deb https://sourceforge.net/projects/powerpc-linux-builds/files/ubuntu-bionic-powerpc/ bionic mainFinally ready for the update:
Code:
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgradeFor me the update was slow to download and SF.net kept giving me 429 errors but I persisted after letting it rest and it eventually had all packages.
I found some package issues during installing. There is wireless-regdb which conflicted with crda so I just removed the wireless-regdb package in the meantime. Then lsvpd failed to configure and kept breaking dpkg which holds back packages like ubuntu-standard. This was fixed upstream but the Bionic update didn't include the latest builds. In case it's needed I uploaded it here:
lsvpd_1.7.8-2ubuntu1.1_powerpc.deb
drive.google.com
I kept running the dist-upgrade until eventually it finished. The end result worked but my desktop was slightly faulty as the user widget for logout was missing from the top panel. I had been running gnome-flashback if it mattered. Then accidentally removed the package. But the Bionic files are missing packages so I can't reinstall it now. 🤔
Give it a shot!
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