Download Kernel 5.16 on Linux Ubuntu Systems. How to install Linux Kernel 5.16 in Ubuntu 20.04 & Ubuntu 21.10.
The release statement explains in detail about the Kernel 5.16 release:
This obviously means that the merge window for 5.17 opens tomorrow, and I’m happy to say I already have several pending early pull requests. I wish I had even more, because this merge window is going to be somewhat painful due to unfortunate travel for family reasons. So I’ll be doing most of it on the road on a laptop – something I generally try to avoid.
That said, the merging part of the merge window works perfectly well on a laptop, it’s just that I normally really want to do more local build testing between merges than a laptop really allows me to do. So the main downside during travel is that I end up relying much more on the automated build testing in the cloud. And so really hope that everything has been properly cooking in linux-next so that there are no unnecessary issues that pop up when things hit my tree. Of course, realistically our automated build testing is so good anyway, and people have been pretty good about linux-next, that maybe my local builds aren’t that important. I do end up occasionally hitting issues that should never have made it as far as my tree, but it’s not like it’s a common – or generally serious – issue.
Anyway, I don’t expect any real issue, but I’ll probably be jetlagged and in odd timezones, so my response time might be “variable”.
But hey, before that merge window even opens, you still have some time to give a shiny new kernel release some TLC and testing.
Install Linux Kernel 5.16 in Ubuntu
Run the following commands in terminal to install Linux Kernel 5.16 in Ubuntu 20.04 & Ubuntu 21.10:
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get update
cd /tmp/
wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.16/amd64/linux-headers-5.16.0-051600_5.16.0-051600.202201092355_all.deb
wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.16/amd64/linux-headers-5.16.0-051600-generic_5.16.0-051600.202201092355_amd64.deb
wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.16/amd64/linux-image-unsigned-5.16.0-051600-generic_5.16.0-051600.202201092355_amd64.deb
wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.16/amd64/linux-modules-5.16.0-051600-generic_5.16.0-051600.202201092355_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
sudo apt-get update