When I build a .deb package from a ppa I just download the source, enter the directory and run the following, "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc" and off it goes! On my 1.42GHz IBook G4 it runs fine, but does take forever. I am think lower CPU it would be time consuming, but can be done.
On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Israel <israeld...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Hermino, > To be honest, compiling a kernel on 450 MHZ machine is kind of daunting > :) I built a kernel package on an old Compaq that took over a day to > complete, that was 900MHZ with a 256MB RAM. > > But building a deb for a kernel on Debian is incredibly easy, but does > require a very long compile process on an old computer. I am not sure if > you could do it with qemu/deboostrap/et al on a faster computer... I have > had some issues doing that sort of thing before... > > That said I agree fully. Compiling is generally extremely easy... unless > you have to hunt for the depends, which is fairly simple if you know what > you are doing. > > sudo apt-get install build-essential > make > sudo make install > > creating a debian package is a bit more intensive... though in recent > versions there is that handy meta-package for it > ubuntu-dev-tools (IIRC) > Ubuntu is a super easy platform for development, though. So nice to sudo > apt-get install lib*whatever*-dev > > You never know Fritz you might find that you like hacking your own > computer a whole lot :) > > > On 08/09/2015 06:37 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > > Fritz, > > I would strongly encourage you getting down to the command line. It will > help you so much with Linux on PPC. I think once you get started you will > see that tasks like applying patches, building .deb files, even compiling a > kernel are not as daunting as they may sound. You will definitely feel that > you are more in control of your computing freedom. > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Aere Greenway <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com> > wrote: > >> On 08/09/2015 04:37 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: >> >>> But, this JWM for PPC has been mentioned before, perhaps by the time you >>> have the time to do that, might be around when all support for 12.04 is >>> dropped . . . . It's "hard" to work with a 450 MHz processor these days. >>> >> Fritz: >> >> I know (thanks to your reporting) that PPC support (or lack of such) is >> its own 'bag of worms', unfortunately. I am impressed with your dogged >> determination in trying to solve the many problems strewn in your path. >> >> But at least in the Intel world, I have a 450 megahertz HP Vectra test >> machine, and it works with Lubuntu 14.04, 14.10, and now (more recently) >> with Lubuntu 15.04 (15.04 tested-out better than 14.10). >> >> It runs my MIDI music tests, including running Qsynth, Qjactctl, >> Rosegarden, and Java. It played a demanding MIDI sequence without a single >> under-run error in qjackctl being reported. >> >> That being said, it is a slow machine, that I would not recommend to >> anyone. Its best use is probably for me as a minimum-system test machine. >> But someone could use it, if they were motivated to. >> >> -- >> Sincerely, >> Aere >> >> > > > > > -- > Regards > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > >
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