Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Kernel 3.13.2 has been released yesterday. Among others, it comes with improvements for the ARM, s390, PowerPC, PA-RISC and x86 architectures, improved support for the Btrfs, HPFS and EXT4 file systems, and some networking fixes for IPv4 and IPv6. For more information, see the mailing lists.
In this article I will show you how to install Kernel 3.13.2 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Elementary OS.
Because it is not available via PPA, the needed deb packages of Kernel 3.13.2 are available via kernel.ubuntu.com. Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Kernel 3.13.2 on 32 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Elementary OS systems:
Download the needed packages:
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.2-trusty/linux-headers-3.13.2-031302_3.13.2-031302.201402061638_all.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.2-trusty/linux-headers-3.13.2-031302-generic_3.13.2-031302.201402061638_i386.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.2-trusty/linux-image-3.13.2-031302-generic_3.13.2-031302.201402061638_i386.deb
Install Kernel 3.13.2:
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.13*.deb linux-image-3.13*.deb
How to install Kernel 3.13.2 on 64 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Elementary OS systems:
Download the needed packages:
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.2-trusty/linux-headers-3.13.2-031302_3.13.2-031302.201402061638_all.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.2-trusty/linux-headers-3.13.2-031302-generic_3.13.2-031302.201402061638_amd64.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.2-trusty/linux-image-3.13.2-031302-generic_3.13.2-031302.201402061638_amd64.deb
Install Kernel 3.13.2:
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.13*.deb linux-image-3.13*.deb