Debian ppc64el port

This page tracks the progress of the ppc64el port (unofficial).

Archive

Currently, the archive is mostly based on the Debian archive snapshot (timestamp 20140123T160750Z).

Binary Packages

The binary packages can be found at http://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/ppc64el/debian/archive/

Source Packages

The source packages are mostly snapshot-based (http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20140123T160750Z/), plus debdiffs available at http://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/ppc64el/debian/debdiff

buildd

In progress.

Installation

debootstrap

wget -O - http://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/ppc64el/debian/archive/debian.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
debootstrap --arch=ppc64el --variant=buildd --keyring=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg unstable debootstrap-ppc64el http://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/ppc64el/debian/archive/

TO-DO: Add instructions for debootstrap --foreign and --second-stage on qemu/kvm guest.

Pre-generated root filesystem

{i} Note: Installing through debootstrap is recommended.

A public pre-generated rootfs is available at http://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/ppc64el/debian/rootfs

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Development

Development Team

There are significant contributions by people from open-source communities and companies.

ABI Documentation

An Overview of the Open Power ELFv2 ABI.odp

Bugs

Bugs related to the ppc64el port:

ppc64el usertagged bugs (udd view)

Closed bugs

Contact

References