The Linux Kernel 4.9-RC8 is now available for the users, announced Linus Torvalds. This Linux Kernel version comes with plenty of fixes and improvements. This article will guide you to install or upgrade to Linux Kernel 4.9-RC8 in your Ubuntu or Linux Mint system.
Installation
For 32-Bit Systems
Download the .deb packages.
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9-rc8/linux-headers-4.9.0-040900rc8_4.9.0-040900rc8.201612051443_all.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9-rc8/linux-headers-4.9.0-040900rc8-generic_4.9.0-040900rc8.201612051443_i386.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9-rc8/linux-image-4.9.0-040900rc8-generic_4.9.0-040900rc8.201612051443_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.9*.deb linux-image-4.9*.deb
sudo reboot
For 64-Bit Systems
Download the .deb packages.
To uninstall,
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9-rc8/linux-headers-4.9.0-040900rc8_4.9.0-040900rc8.201612051443_all.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9-rc8/linux-headers-4.9.0-040900rc8-generic_4.9.0-040900rc8.201612051443_amd64.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9-rc8/linux-image-4.9.0-040900rc8-generic_4.9.0-040900rc8.201612051443_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.9*.deb linux-image-4.9*.deb
sudo reboot
To uninstall,
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.9* linux-image-4.9*
In this situation, dpkg looks for an archive that begins and ends with a quote in the name, only a space seperating packages is needed.
ReplyDeletesudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.9*.deb linux-image-4.9*.deb
also, links to the files are broken :/ just a heads up
ReplyDeleteHi Julian, thanks for spotting this. I've updated the links and working fine now.
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