How to update Linux Kernel on Ubuntu. On Linux Ubuntu, update Kernel using apt-get command. Commands to compile and install Linux Kernel on Ubuntu Systems.
Linux Kernel 5 RC6
Announcing the release of Linux Kernel 5 RC6, Linus Torvalds wrote:
“It’s Sunday afternoon, which means it’s time for the usual release candidate. Things are fairly normal, although rc6 is a bit bigger than I would have liked to see.
There’s no single reason for that, it’s just various changes all over. Networking (both drivers and core) is perhaps the most noticeable part, at roughly a quarter of the changes, but there’s a little bit of everything in there outside of that: other drivers (gpu, dma, iio, sound, usb, misc..), the usual architecture updates (arm, mips, x86, powerpc), along with a few filesystem and core kernel updates.
And another batch of selftest updates. So while I would have wished for less at this point, nothing in there looks all that odd or scary. I think we’re still solidly on track for a normal release.” More https://lwn.net/Articles/779406/
Linux Kernel 5 RC6
On 32 Bit Systems
Run the following commands in terminal to install and update to Linux Kernel 5 RC6 [Build for i386 succeeded (see BUILD.LOG.i386)]:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc6/linux-headers-5.0.0-050000rc6_5.0.0-050000rc6.201902102330_all.deb
wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc6/linux-headers-5.0.0-050000rc6-generic_5.0.0-050000rc6.201902102330_i386.deb
wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc6/linux-headers-5.0.0-050000rc6-lowlatency_5.0.0-050000rc6.201902102330_i386.deb
wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc6/linux-image-5.0.0-050000rc6-generic_5.0.0-050000rc6.201902102330_i386.deb
wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc6/linux-image-5.0.0-050000rc6-lowlatency_5.0.0-050000rc6.201902102330_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-5.0.0*.deb linux-image-5.0.0*.deb
sudo reboot
On 64 Bit Systems
Run the following commands in terminal to install and update to Linux Kernel 5 RC6 [Build for amd64 succeeded (see BUILD.LOG.amd64)]:
wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc6/linux-headers-5.0.0-050000rc6_5.0.0-050000rc6.201902102330_all.deb
wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc6/linux-headers-5.0.0-050000rc6-generic_5.0.0-050000rc6.201902102330_amd64.deb
wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc6/linux-headers-5.0.0-050000rc6-lowlatency_5.0.0-050000rc6.201902102330_amd64.deb
wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc6/linux-image-unsigned-5.0.0-050000rc6-generic_5.0.0-050000rc6.201902102330_amd64.deb
wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc6/linux-image-unsigned-5.0.0-050000rc6-lowlatency_5.0.0-050000rc6.201902102330_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-5.0.0*.deb linux-image-5.0.0*.deb
sudo reboot