Installing a specific kernel version on debian linux

Question

I want to install kernel 4.5 on a Debian Jessie machine (I want to be as close as possible to a specific machine I have in production).

Currently the version on the backports repo is 4.7, and I can't find a way to obtain 4.5

How do I look for versions that are not the latest? Any repository I can add that holds an archive?

Solution

echo 'Acquire::Check-Valid-Until false;' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/archive
echo 'deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20160529T223338Z/ jessie-backports main contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-snapshot.list
apt-get update
apt-get install linux-image-4.5.0-0.bpo.2-amd64

But you don't need this, because 4.7 is fully compatible with 4.5 and there are no significant performance issues at all. I do not recommend to use kernel 4.5, but if you want...

Comments

[Tom Klino]

It's for investigation purposes, not really usage in production. checking for specific vulnerabilities

[Tom Klino]

Also, how did you know to look for that specific snapshot. They seem to be organized by date, not by version. Is there a way to look for a version in them?

[Ipor Sircer]

@TomKlino: Yes. From snapshot.debian.org you can navigate to snapshot.debian.org/binary/?cat=l and choose what version do you want.