Install Linux Kernel 6.11 in Ubuntu. Here is how to update, download and install Linux Kernel 6.11 in Ubuntu terminal via official Kernel Mainline PPA.
Before you begin to install kernel in Ubuntu terminal you must update your Ubuntu Linux system. You can run the following commands:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -NOTE:
- If you are not sure about your CPU architecture type (system architecture), open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and the command uname -m or dpkg –print-architecture, it will then show you your system architecture.
- You will have to download AMD64 for most current computers and ARM 64 for ARMv8 CPUs systems.
For example, for For 64-bit architecture, you should download these files:
- linux-headers-VERSION-NUMBER_all.deb
- linux-headers-VERSION-NUMBER_amd64.deb
- linux-image-VERSION-NUMBER_amd64.deb
- linux-modules-VERSION-NUMBER_amd64.deb
The files can be found at: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v6.11/
- Download the general header package
- And the appropriate headers package for your system
- and the kernel image
- And the kernel modules
Once installed, you can run the commands:
sudo apt install ./linux.deb
rm ./linux.debAlternatively you can also use the command sudo dpkg -i *.deb for installing Kernel.
Don’t forget to restart the computer after the installtion is complete. For more of the PCs it should automatically boot using the new Kernel. To verify your Kernel verison, you can run uname -a command in terminal.
If you want to rollback the changes and downgrade the Linux Kernel (uninstall the newly installed Kernel), you will have to boot into an older kernel and then remove the newer Linux kernel.