How to install Linux Kernel 4.2.8 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Derivatives. Linux Kernel 4.2.8 has been released with various improvements for Linux system architecture and Linux drivers. Below is the terminal commands to install Kernel 4.2.8 on Ubuntu Systems.
Install Kernel 4.2.8 on 32 bit Ubuntu Systems
Run the following command in Terminal to install Kernel 4.2.8 on 32 bit Ubuntu Systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.7-wily/linux-headers-4.2.7-040207_4.2.7-040207.201512091533_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.7-wily/linux-headers-4.2.7-040207-generic_4.2.7-040207.201512091533_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.7-wily/linux-image-4.2.7-040207-generic_4.2.7-040207.201512091533_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.2*.deb linux-image-4.2*.deb
Install Kernel 4.2.8 on 64 bit Ubuntu Systems
Run the following command in Terminal to install Kernel 4.2.8 on 64 bit Ubuntu Systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.7-wily/linux-headers-4.2.7-040207_4.2.7-040207.201512091533_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.7-wily/linux-headers-4.2.7-040207-generic_4.2.7-040207.201512091533_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.7-wily/linux-image-4.2.7-040207-generic_4.2.7-040207.201512091533_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.2*.deb linux-image-4.2*.deb
Uninstall Kernel 4.2.8 from Ubuntu Systems
Run the following command in Terminal to uninstall and remove Linux Kernel 4.2.8 from Ubuntu Systems:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.2* linux-image-4.2*