Install Linux Kernel 4.1.18 On Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 14.10 Systems. Linux Kernel 4.1.18 has been released with various architecture and drivers updates. Greg Kroah-Hartman has released Kernel 4.1.18 LTS, the kernel patch containing updated drivers, architecture enhancements and various optimizations and fixes.
Please note the system architecture before you install Linux Kernel 4.3.6 – For 32 bit Ubuntu Systems, download and install the i386 debs and for 64 bit Ubuntu Systems, download and install the amd64 packages.
Install Linux Kernel 4.1.18 on 32 bit Ubuntu Systems:
Run the following commands to download the needed installed packages for Linux Kernel:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.1.18-wily/linux-headers-4.1.18-040118_4.1.18-040118.201602160131_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.1.18-wily/linux-headers-4.1.18-040118-generic_4.1.18-040118.201602160131_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.1.18-wily/linux-image-4.1.18-040118-generic_4.1.18-040118.201602160131_i386.deb
Now run the following command to install the Linux Kernel 4.1.18 on Ubuntu Systems:
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.1*.deb linux-image-4.1*.deb
Install Linux Kernel 4.1.18 on 64 bit Ubuntu Systems:
Run the following commands to download the needed installed packages for Linux Kernel:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.1.18-wily/linux-headers-4.1.18-040118_4.1.18-040118.201602160131_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.1.18-wily/linux-headers-4.1.18-040118-generic_4.1.18-040118.201602160131_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.1.18-wily/linux-image-4.1.18-040118-generic_4.1.18-040118.201602160131_amd64.deb
Now run the following command to install the Linux Kernel 4.1.18 on Ubuntu Systems:
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.1*.deb linux-image-4.1*.deb
Uninstall Linux Kernel 4.1.18
If you wish to uninstall the newly installed Linux Kernel 4.1.18 from Ubuntu Systems, run the following command to remove the Linux Kernel:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.1* linux-image-4.1*
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get update