Download and Upgrade Linux Kernel 4.4.6 on Ubuntu. How to install Kernel 4.4.6 on Ubuntu – 32 bit / 64 bit Ubuntu Systems. Linux Kernel 4.4.6 has been released with various changes.
Kernel 4.4.6 comes with 65 new lines, 466 insertions and 164 deletions and updates. Among many, architecture updates – ARM, PowerPC (PPC), ARM64, MIPS, s390 and x86 architectures are some of the major ones. It also brings fixes for the AMDGPU drivers, improvements for the Radeon video cards, OverlayFS improvement and networking enhancements.
Install Linux Kernel 4.4 on 64-bit System
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.4 on 64-bit Systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.6-wily/linux-headers-4.4.6-040406_4.4.6-040406.201603161231_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.6-wily/linux-headers-4.4.6-040406-generic_4.4.6-040406.201603161231_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.6-wily/linux-image-4.4.6-040406-generic_4.4.6-040406.201603161231_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.4*.deb linux-image-4.4*.deb
Install Linux Kernel 4.4 on 32-bit System
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.4 on 32-bit Systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.6-wily/linux-headers-4.4.6-040406_4.4.6-040406.201603161231_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.6-wily/linux-headers-4.4.6-040406-generic_4.4.6-040406.201603161231_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.6-wily/linux-image-4.4.6-040406-generic_4.4.6-040406.201603161231_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.4*.deb linux-image-4.4*.deb
Uninstall Linux Kernel 4.4
If you wish to uninstall Linux Kernel 4.4, run the following command:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.4* linux-image-4.4*
sudo update-grub