A new updated version has been released for the 4.12 series and it is 5th in this series. In this Tutorial, I will show you how to In...
A new updated version has been released for the 4.12 series and it is 5th in this series.
In this Tutorial, I will show you how to Install the Latest version of Kernel 4.12.5 On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 17.04 and LinuxMint.
The Latest stable version of Kernel is 4.12.5 and it released on 6th August 2017
For changelog refer this link
Installation steps
The below commands will work on Debian based systems.
Step 1: Download the deb files directly using wget ,copy the below commands and paste it in terminal one by one according to your cpu architecture
For 32 bit systems
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.12.5/linux-headers-4.12.5-041205_4.12.5-041205.201708061334_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.12.5/linux-headers-4.12.5-041205-generic_4.12.5-041205.201708061334_i386.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.12.5/linux-image-4.12.5-041205-generic_4.12.5-041205.201708061334_i386.deb
For 64 bit systems
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.12.5/linux-headers-4.12.5-041205_4.12.5-041205.201708061334_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.12.5/linux-headers-4.12.5-041205-generic_4.12.5-041205.201708061334_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.12.5/linux-image-4.12.5-041205-generic_4.12.5-041205.201708061334_amd64.debStep 2: After successful downloading install it
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.12.5-* linux-image-4.12.5-* .debStep 3:Verify installed Version
After successful installation reboot the system, Your new kernel will be installed and set as default, for checking use uname command
uname -r
Removing Kernel 4.12.5
For removing the Kernel 4.12.5 run the below command in terminal or use synaptic package managersudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.12.5-* linux-image-4.12.5-*
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