Install Linux Kernel 4.6 RC 4 – the latest release of Linux Kernel on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Derivatives. Linux Kernel 4.6 RC 4 has been released with 40% updated drivers, 30% architecture fixes and 30% VM fixes for Linux Systems.
Install Kernel 4.6 RC on 32 Bit Ubuntu Systems
Please note that you must note the system architecture for installing Linux Kernel on Ubuntu Systems – for 32 bit Ubuntu systems, download and install the i386 debs and for 64 bit Ubuntu systems, download and install the amd64 installer packages.
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.6 RC on 32 Bit Ubuntu Systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-headers-4.6.0-040600rc4_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-headers-4.6.0-040600rc4-generic_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-image-4.6.0-040600rc4-generic_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.6*.deb linux-image-4.6*.deb
Install Kernel 4.6 RC on 64 Bit Ubuntu Systems
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.6 RC on 64 Bit Ubuntu Systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-headers-4.6.0-040600rc4_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-headers-4.6.0-040600rc4-generic_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-image-4.6.0-040600rc4-generic_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.6*.deb linux-image-4.6*.deb
Remove Kernel 4.6 RC4
If you wish to uninstall and remove the Linux Kernel 4.6 RC4, run the command given below:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.6* linux-image-4.6*