Kernel 4.2.8 Has Been Released. Install Linux Kernel 4.2.8 Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 14.10. Linux Kernel 4.2.8 has been released with various GPU and filesystem updates and changes.
Install Linux Kernel 4.2.8 Ubuntu
Linux Kernel 4.2.8 can be installed on Ubuntu Systems, via deb packages provided by Canonical. Run the following commands in Terminal to download and install Linux Kernel 4.2.8, via kernel.ubuntu.com repository:
Install Linux Kernel 4.2.8 on 32 Ubuntu Systems
Open Terminal and run the following commands to install Linux Kernel 4.2.8 on 32 bit Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivative systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-wily/linux-headers-4.2.8-040208_4.2.8-040208.201512150620_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-wily/linux-headers-4.2.8-040208-generic_4.2.8-040208.201512150620_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-wily/linux-image-4.2.8-040208-generic_4.2.8-040208.201512150620_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.2*.deb linux-image-4.2*.deb
Install Linux Kernel 4.2.8 on 64 Ubuntu Systems
Open Terminal and run the following commands to install Linux Kernel 4.2.8 on 64 bit Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivative systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-wily/linux-headers-4.2.8-040208_4.2.8-040208.201512150620_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-wily/linux-headers-4.2.8-040208-generic_4.2.8-040208.201512150620_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-wily/linux-image-4.2.8-040208-generic_4.2.8-040208.201512150620_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.2*.deb linux-image-4.2*.deb
Uninstall Linux Kernel 4.2.8 From Ubuntu Systems
If you want to remove Linux Kernel 4.2.8 from Ubuntu Systems, open Terminal and run the following commands:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.2* linux-image-4.2*