In this article we will guide you How to Install or Upgrade Linux Kernel 4.0 in its stable release and now available for download.
Whats new on this release?
- Live Kernel Patching, you can install kernetl udpdates w/o rebooting the system
- Intel Quark SoC x86 platform support
- DisplayPort Audio, and better better fan control support for the Radeon DRM driver.
- Full IBM z13 support
- GK20A re-clocking support for Nouveau DRM drivers
- RAID 5/6 improvements for Btrfs and fixes to the F2FS file-system
- Graphics and power-management support for Intel’s Skylake processors
- Intel Quark SoC support
- PlayStation PS 3 support.
- new ARM hardware support, IBM z13 support, better Toshiba laptop support, improved Logitech HID support, and more.
1. To install/upgrade kernel 4.0 in Ubuntu or Linuxmint System.
Note: The ubuntu kernel team has made a binary packages available for Download.
For 64-Bit Sysyem download the .deb packages:
cd /tmp/
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.0-vivid/linux-headers-4.0.0-040000_4.0.0-040000.201504121935_all.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.0-vivid/linux-headers-4.0.0-040000-generic_4.0.0-040000.201504121935_amd64.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.0-vivid/linux-image-4.0.0-040000-generic_4.0.0-040000.201504121935_amd64.deb
2. After downloading the packages,to Install the kernel open a terminal and execute the following command.
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.0.0-*.deb linux-image-4.0.0-*.deb
After installing the kernel on the system, run the following command in terminal to refresh grub boot-loader then Reboot the system.
sudo update-grub
sudo reboot
For 32-Bit Sysyem download the .deb packages:
cd /tmp/
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.0-vivid/linux-headers-4.0.0-040000_4.0.0-040000.201504121935_all.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.0-vivid/linux-headers-4.0.0-040000-generic_4.0.0-040000.201504121935_i386.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.0-vivid/linux-image-4.0.0-040000-generic_4.0.0-040000.201504121935_i386.deb
After downloading the packages,to Install the kernel open a terminal and execute the following command.
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.0.0-*.deb linux-image-4.0.0-*.deb
After installing the kernel on the system, run the following command in terminal to refresh grub boot-loader then Reboot the system.
sudo update-grub
sudo reboot
3. To uninstall or revert.
sudo apt-get remove 'linux-headers-4.0*' 'linux-image-4.0*'
