How To : Install/Upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.13.4 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint Systems

 

     "The Linux Kernel 3.13.4 is now available for the users and all the users of 3.13 kernel series must upgrade", announced Greg Kroah-Hartman.This Linux Kernel version comes with plenty of fixes and improvements. This article will guide you to install or upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.13.4 in your Ubuntu or Linux Mint system.

Fixes

• ARM: imx6: Initialize low-power mode early again
• bcache: fix BUG_ON due to integer overflow with GC_SECTORS_USED
• pinctrl: protect pinctrl_list add
• pinctrl: vt8500: Change devicetree data parsing
• pinctrl: imx27: fix offset calculation in imx_read_2bit
• pinctrl: imx27: fix wrong offset to ICONFB
• pinctrl: at91: use locked variant of irq_set_handler
• genirq: Generic irq chip requires IRQ_DOMAIN
• x86, hweight: Fix BUG when booting with CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL=y
• cx24117: use a valid dev pointer for dev_err printout
• mxl111sf: Fix compile when CONFIG_DVB_USB_MXL111SF is unset

Installation

For 32-Bit Systems

Download the .deb packages.

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.4-trusty/linux-headers-3.13.4-031304-generic_3.13.4-031304.201402201618_i386.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.4-trusty/linux-headers-3.13.4-031304_3.13.4-031304.201402201618_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.4-trusty/linux-image-3.13.4-031304-generic_3.13.4-031304.201402201618_i386.deb

Install them.

sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.13.4-*.deb linux-image-3.13.4-*.deb

Reboot the system.

sudo reboot

For 64-Bit Systems

Download the .deb packages.

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.4-trusty/linux-headers-3.13.4-031304-generic_3.13.4-031304.201402201618_amd64.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.4-trusty/linux-headers-3.13.4-031304_3.13.4-031304.201402201618_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.4-trusty/linux-image-3.13.4-031304-generic_3.13.4-031304.201402201618_amd64.deb

Install them.

sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.13.4-*.deb linux-image-3.13.4-*.deb

Reboot the system.

sudo reboot

To uninstall,

sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-3.13.4-* linux-image-3.13.4-*