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vinoloco
April 6th, 2005, 01:24 PM
Hi all, this should be a pretty basic question so please bear with me...

I'm currently working on my first intall of Ubuntu (Hoary) onto a laptop and need some help updating the kernel.

I connect to the net using a Prism2 USB adapter (MA111) and can't get it to work on the base install (2.6.10-5) but read a note here on the forums that there was a bug fix on a more recent kernel so I'm attempting to update. I've tranferred the linux-image-2.6.11-1-386_2.6.11-0.2_i386.deb file via CD to the laptop but have no idea how to install it. Does anybody have a pointer to a FAQ to describe the process?

Also, I'd like to be able to make and intall the most current linux-wlan-ng software but have noticed that the appropriate development tools are missing from the base install. What do I need to install to get those? I'm assuming that once I get my internet connection going thing should get easier.... Any help would be appreciated.

-- vino

taygan
April 6th, 2005, 05:20 PM
to install a local deb you can try:
dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.11-1-386_2.6.11-0.2_i386.deb

for more info check out the dpkg manual page man dpkg
press q to get out of the manual pages. Maybe this is a little basic, but heck, I'm still learning too.

to get the essentials for compiling try:
apt-get build-essential
I don't know if you need the internet to get these, though.