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adding ability to let setup script download and install kernel

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Jake Day 2018-06-06 22:15:26 -04:00
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@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ You will need to download the image, headers and libc-dev deb files for the vers
### Instructions
0. (Prep) Install Git:
0. (Prep) Install Dependencies:
```
sudo apt install git
sudo apt install git curl wget sed
```
1. Clone the linux-surface repo:
```
@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ You will need to download the image, headers and libc-dev deb files for the vers
```
sudo sh setup.sh
```
4. Install the headers, kernel and libc-dev (make sure you cd to your download location first):
5. Reboot on installed kernel.
The setup script will handle installing the latest kernel for you. You can also choose to download any version you want and install yourself:
Install the headers, kernel and libc-dev (make sure you cd to your download location first):
```
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-[VERSION].deb linux-image-[VERSION].deb linux-libc-dev-[VERSION].deb
```
5. Reboot on installed kernel.
### Compiling the Kernel from Source

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@ -139,4 +139,21 @@ echo "Installing marvell firmware...\n"
mkdir -p /lib/firmware/mrvl/
unzip -o firmware/mrvl_firmware.zip -d /lib/firmware/mrvl/
read -rp "Do you want this script to download and install the latest kernel for you? (type yes or no) " autoinstallkernel;echo
if [ "$autoinstallkernel" = "yes" ]; then
echo "Downloading latest kernel...\n"
urls=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/jakeday/linux-surface/releases/latest" | grep '"browser_download_url":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
resp=$(wget -P tmp $urls)
echo "Installing latest kernel...\n"
dpkg -i tmp/*.deb
rm -rf tmp
else
echo "Not downloading latest kernel"
fi
echo "\nAll done! Please reboot."