so, this is very weird. We used to install binary "cpupower" from linux-tools via this package for the hwe kernel:
linux-tools-generic-hwe-18.04 but this seems to have changed somewhere in between, the file list on packages.ubuntu.com only lists: /usr/share/doc/linux-tools-generic-hwe-18.04/changelog.gz /usr/share/doc/linux-tools-generic-hwe-18.04/copyright see, e.g.: https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic-updates/amd64/linux-tools-generic-hwe-18.04/filelist linked from: https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic-updates/linux-tools-generic-hwe-18.04 I believe this is, because it's a meta/virtual package? nevertheless I found how to install "cpupower" it seems it moved to the following package (adjust kernel subversion as needed): https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic-updates/linux-hwe-5.4-tools-5.4.0-80 but this is also strange for several reasons: first, afaik you need to install the version for your specific installed kernel, but the package name leads to bad sed-magic in install scripts like: apt install linux-hwe-5.4-tools-$(uname -r | sed 's#-generic$##') this is obviously bad, but I could live with that. what is really really weird though, is the installation path of the cpupower binary: root@server:~# /usr/lib/linux-hwe-5.4-tools-5.4.0-104/cpupower --help Usage: cpupower [-d|--debug] [-c|--cpu cpulist ] <command> [<args>] Supported commands are: frequency-info frequency-set idle-info idle-set set info monitor help Not all commands can make use of the -c cpulist option. Use 'cpupower help <command>' for getting help for above commands. root@server:~# type cpupower -su: type: cpupower: not found it is not installed in $PATH at all, which is really contracdicting the upstream makefile, imho? see: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile am I holding it wrong? is there another package which installs cpupower in the correct path? why was the packaging changed, mid release? This breaks every workflow around the provided tools. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-meta-hwe-5.4 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1914774 Title: HWE kernels do not ship linux-tools packages Status in linux-meta-hwe-5.4 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: While running kernel 5.4.0-64 today on bionic I noticed that Canonical kernel team does not provide a linux-hwe-5.4-tools package. Is that a deliberate choice? If so, would you please share the reason? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta-hwe-5.4/+bug/1914774/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
