Upgrade Linux Kernel on Ubuntu 16.04. Terminal commands to install Linux Kernel 4.5.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu Derivatives. Linux Kernel 4.5.4 has been released with AMDGPU, ARM, Intel i915, Wireless, x86 Updates for Linux Ubuntu Systems.
According to the Kernel 4.5.4 changelog:
“I’m announcing the release of the 4.5.4 kernel. All users of the 4.5 kernel series must upgrade,” said Greg Kroah-Hartman. “The updated 4.5.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.5.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.”
http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1605.1/02952.html
Ubuntu users can easily upgrade and install to the recently released Linux Kernel 4.5.4. Run the following commands in Terminal to install Kernel 4.5.4 on Ubuntu Systems:
Install Kernel on Ubuntu
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Kernel 4.5.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 Systems:
Install Kernel on 32 Bit Systems
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.4-yakkety/linux-headers-4.5.4-040504_4.5.4-040504.201605120823_all.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.4-yakkety/linux-headers-4.5.4-040504-generic_4.5.4-040504.201605120823_i386.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.4-yakkety/linux-image-4.5.4-040504-generic_4.5.4-040504.201605120823_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.5.4*.deb linux-image-4.5.4*.deb
Install Kernel on 64 Bit Systems
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.4-yakkety/linux-headers-4.5.4-040504_4.5.4-040504.201605120823_all.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.4-yakkety/linux-headers-4.5.4-040504-generic_4.5.4-040504.201605120823_amd64.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.4-yakkety/linux-image-4.5.4-040504-generic_4.5.4-040504.201605120823_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.5.4*.deb linux-image-4.5.4*.deb
Once the Kernel is installed, run the commands given below to update GRUB and reboot the system. While rebooting the computer, select the newly released Kernel in GRUB :
$ sudo update-grub
$ sudo reboot
Remove Kernel
If you aren’t happy with the Kernel and wish to uninstall and remove the newly installed Kernel, run the following command:
$ sudo apt-get remove 'linux-headers-4.5.4*' 'linux-image-4.5.4*'