I tried to migrate my google cloud platform VM from my account to client account using cloudendure, but hooked up with an error. When I contacted cloudendure support team with the error log, they told me to install linux-headers-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (that corresponds to the 4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 kernel that I have running).
I tried to install it using the following command
sudo apt install -t jessie-backports linux-headers-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 linux-image-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 -s
But I got the following error response
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64'
In my installation, I couldn't find the required package as you can see bellow
@instance-1:~$ apt-cache search linux-header
linux-headers-3.16.0-4-all - All header files for Linux 3.16 (meta-package)
linux-headers-3.16.0-4-all-amd64 - All header files for Linux 3.16 (meta-package)
linux-headers-3.16.0-4-amd64 - Header files for Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64
linux-headers-3.16.0-4-common - Common header files for Linux 3.16.0-4
linux-headers-amd64 - Header files for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-all - All header files for Linux 4.9 (meta-package)
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-all-amd64 - All header files for Linux 4.9 (meta-package)
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-common - Common header files for Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.1
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-common-rt - Common header files for Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.1-rt
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.1-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-all - All header files for Linux 4.9 (meta-package)
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-all-amd64 - All header files for Linux 4.9 (meta-package)
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-common - Common header files for Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.2
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-common-rt - Common header files for Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.2-rt
linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.2-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.8.0-2-common-grsec - Common header files for Linux 4.8.0-2-grsec
linux-headers-4.8.0-2-grsec-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.8.0-2-grsec-amd64
linux-headers-grsec-amd64 - Header files for Linux amd64 configuration, grsec featureset (meta-package)
linux-headers-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux rt-amd64 configuration (meta-package)
Please, how do I install this required package in other to continue my work of migration?
In addition, am running Debian 8.7. I have the following images installed:
@instance-1:~$ dpkg --list | grep linux-image
ii linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 3.16.39-1+deb8u1 amd64 Linux 3.16 for 64-bit PCs
ii linux-image-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-unsigned 4.7.5-1~bpo8+2 amd64 Linux 4.7 for 64-bit PCs
ii linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 4.9.2-2~bpo8+1 amd64 Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
ii linux-image-amd64 4.9+78~bpo8+1 amd64 Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
and the running kernel is
instance-1:~$ uname -a
Linux instance-1 4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.7.5-1~bpo8+2 (2016-10-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Best Answer
You can download the appropriate version from snapshots and install that manually, along with any dependencies. (It's also possible to set up an
aptrepository for the relevant snapshot but it's probably not worth it here.)Given that you're running version 4.7.5-1~bpo8+2, here are the files you need to download and install:
After installing all four of these, you may need to run
apt-get install -fto fix any further missing dependencies (e.g. the compiler).Note that you should really upgrade to the currently-available kernel from backports. To do this, along with the headers, in a way that will keep you up-to-date as newer kernels are made available, install
linux-image-amd64andlinux-headers-amd64from backports: