Update linux kernel to v4.18.7
09/09/2018
I found this simple guide to update the linux kernel, as I’d tried UKUU with no success, as it couldn’t for some reason write to a temp folder
Article here: nixCraft: How to install the latest/stable version of Linux kernel on Ubuntu Linux using apt-get
Reference of mainline kernels to download from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
& here’s the code I used
download kernel debs
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.18.7/linux-headers-4.18.7-041807_4.18.7-041807.201809090930_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.18.7/linux-headers-4.18.7-041807-generic_4.18.7-041807.201809090930_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.18.7/linux-modules-4.18.7-041807-generic_4.18.7-041807.201809090930_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.18.7/linux-image-unsigned-4.18.7-041807-generic_4.18.7-041807.201809090930_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.18.7/CHECKSUMS
checksum
sha256sum --ignore-missing -c CHECKSUMS
install deb files
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
reboot
sudo reboot
check new kernel installed
uname -mrs
Sweet, now you have the latest stable mainline kernel 🙂
I read today on a tweet that 4.18 was no longer secure so decided to update… hope this works!
Excited about reading the AMD graphic speed updates of 4.20, but I can hold off until release 🙂
4.19.5 update
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/installing-latest-stable-mainline-linux-kernel-on-ubuntu-with-apt-get/
Reference of mainline kernels to download from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19.5/linux-headers-4.19.5-041905_4.19.5-041905.201811271131_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19.5/linux-headers-4.19.5-041905-generic_4.19.5-041905.201811271131_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19.5/linux-modules-4.19.5-041905-generic_4.19.5-041905.201811271131_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19.5/linux-image-unsigned-4.19.5-041905-generic_4.19.5-041905.201811271131_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19.5/CHECKSUMS