A new updated version has been released for the 4.15 series after a week which makes the branch as stable on the kernel.org In this ...
In this Tutorial, I will show you how to Install the Latest version of Kernel 4.15.4 On Ubuntu 16.04 lTS / 17.04 and LinuxMint.
The Latest stable version of Kernel is 4.15.4 and it released on 16th February 2018
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 into terminal one by one according to your CPU architecture
For 32 bit systems
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.15.4/linux-headers-4.15.4-041504_4.15.4-041504.201802162207_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.15.4/linux-headers-4.15.4-041504-generic_4.15.4-041504.201802162207_i386.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.15.4/linux-image-4.15.4-041504-generic_4.15.4-041504.201802162207_i386.deb
For 64 bit systems
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.15.4/linux-headers-4.15.4-041504_4.15.4-041504.201802162207_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.15.4/linux-headers-4.15.4-041504-generic_4.15.4-041504.201802162207_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.15.4/linux-image-4.15.4-041504-generic_4.15.4-041504.201802162207_amd64.debStep 2: After successful downloading install it
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.15.4-* linux-image-4.15.4-* .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 4.15.4
For removing the Kernel 4.15.4 run the below command in terminal or use synaptic package managersudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.15.4-* linux-image-4.15.4-*
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