How To Install Kernel 4.3 on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Terminal commands to install Linux Kernel 4.3 Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Derivatives. Linux Kernel 4.3 brings Intel Skylake and open source Nvidia support.
Linux Kernel 4.3 is a mainline release and brings impressive new features and changes. Announcing the release, Linus Torvalds said that the sixth Release Candidate of Linux kernel 4.3 is available for download and testing. He said:
“Things continue to be calm, and in fact have gotten progressively calmer. All of which makes me really happy, although my suspicious nature looks for things to blame.”
Linux kernel 4.3 can be downloaded and installed on Ubuntu and Ubuntu Derivative Systems. Here’s how:
Download Linux Kernel 4.3
Kernel 4.3: mainline
Released: 2015-11-02
Source: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.3.tar.xz
Install Kernel 4.3 on Ubuntu Systems
Run the following commands to install Linux Kernel 4.3 on 32 bit Ubuntu and Ubuntu Derivative systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.3-wily/linux-headers-4.3.0-040300_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.3-wily/linux-headers-4.3.0-040300-generic_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.3-wily/linux-image-4.3.0-040300-generic_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.3*.deb linux-image-4.3*.deb
Run the following commands to install Linux Kernel 4.3 on 64 bit Ubuntu and Ubuntu Derivative systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.3-wily/linux-headers-4.3.0-040300_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.3-wily/linux-headers-4.3.0-040300-generic_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.3-wily/linux-image-4.3.0-040300-generic_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.3*.deb linux-image-4.3*.deb
Uninstall Linux Kernel 4.3
Run the following commands in Terminal to uninstall Linux Kernel 4.3 from Ubuntu Systems:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.3* linux-image-4.3*