In this Tutorial I will show you how to Install the Latest version of Kernel 3.12.20 On Ubuntu 14.04LTS / 13.10 / 12.04LTS/ LinuxMint...
The Latest stable version of Kernel is 3.12.20 and it is released on 16th May 2014
Installation steps
Step 1: Download the Latest version of Kernel form the Kernel.ubuntu.com, or use wget for downloading the deb files
Direct or use wget
For downloading the deb files directly Click HERE
If you want to download using wget copy the below commands and paste it in terminal one by one according to your cpu architecture
For 32 bit systems
wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12.20-trusty/linux-headers-3.12.20-031220_3.12.20-031220.201405160935_all.deb
wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12.20-trusty/linux-headers-3.12.20-031220-generic_3.12.20-031220.201405160935_i386.deb
wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12.20-trusty/linux-image-3.12.20-031220-generic_3.12.20-031220.201405160935_i386.deb
For 64 bit systems
wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12.20-trusty/linux-headers-3.12.20-031220_3.12.20-031220.201405160935_all.deb
wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12.20-trusty/linux-headers-3.12.20-031220-generic_3.12.20-031220.201405160935_amd64.deb
wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12.20-trusty/linux-image-3.12.20-031220-generic_3.12.20-031220.201405160935_amd64.deb
Step 2: After successfull downloading install it
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.12.20* linux-image-3.12.20* .debStep 3:Verify installed Version
After successfull installation reboot the system and type in the terminal
uname -r
(Display's the current active kernel version)
For removing the Kernel 3.12.20 run the below command in terminal or use synaptic package manager
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-3.12.20* linux-image-3.12.20*
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