How To Install Linux Kernel 5.7.1 in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

A new updated version has been released for the 5.7.1 series after a week which makes the branch as stable on the kernel.org . In th...

A new updated version has been released for the 5.7.1 series after a week which makes the branch as stable on the kernel.org.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install the latest version of Kernel 5.7.1 On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 18.04 and LinuxMint 19.3.

The latest stable version of Kernel is 5.7.1 and it released on 7th June 2020

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

wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.7.1/linux-headers-5.7.1-050701_5.7.1-050701.202006071230_all.deb

wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.7.1/linux-headers-5.7.1-050701-generic_5.7.1-050701.202006071230_amd64.deb

wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.7.1/linux-image-unsigned-5.7.1-050701-generic_5.7.1-050701.202006071230_amd64.deb

wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.7.1/linux-modules-5.7.1-050701-generic_5.7.1-050701.202006071230_amd64.deb

Step 2: After successful downloading install it

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Step 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

For removing the Kernel 5.7.1 run the below command in terminal or use synaptic package manager

sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-5.7.1-* linux-image-5.7.1-*

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