Linux Kernel 4.2.2. Install Linux Kernel 4.2.2 on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu Derivatives.Ubuntu 15.10 may get the Linux kernel 4.2.2 release. Linux Kernel 4.2.2 can be installed on 32 bit or 64 bit Ubuntu Systems.
Linux Kernel 4.2.2 LTS comes with ARM64 and PowerPC improvements and updated drivers. The release of Linux kernel 4.2.2 was announced by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
“I’m announcing the release of the 4.2.2 kernel. All users of the 4.2 kernel series must upgrade,” says developer Greg Kroah-Hartman. “The updated 4.2.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.2.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary.”
Linux Kernel 4.2.2 LTS brings some major hardware architecture improvements, ARM64 and PowerPC improvements. Linux kernel 4.2.2 also brings drivers updates.
Install Linux Kernel 4.2.2 on 32 Bit Ubuntu
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.2.2 on 32 bit Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.2-unstable/linux-headers-4.2.2-040202_4.2.2-040202.201509291435_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.2-unstable/linux-headers-4.2.2-040202-generic_4.2.2-040202.201509291435_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.2-unstable/linux-image-4.2.2-040202-generic_4.2.2-040202.201509291435_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.2*.deb linux-image-4.2*.deb
Install Linux Kernel 4.2.2 on 64 Bit Ubuntu
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.2.2 on 64 bit Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.2-unstable/linux-headers-4.2.2-040202_4.2.2-040202.201509291435_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.2-unstable/linux-headers-4.2.2-040202-generic_4.2.2-040202.201509291435_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.2-unstable/linux-image-4.2.2-040202-generic_4.2.2-040202.201509291435_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.2*.deb linux-image-4.2*.deb
Uninstall Kernel 4.2.2 From Ubuntu
Run the following commands to uninstall and remove Linux Kernel 4.2.2 from 32 bit / 64 bit Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-header-4.2* linux-image-4.2*