Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Linus Torvalds himself has announced the availability of Kernel 3.15 RC 3, which has been released today, coming with a bunch of ARM fixes. For information about this release, see the mailing lists.
In this article I will show you how to install Kernel 3.15 RC 3 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pear OS and Elementary OS.
Because it is not available via PPA, the needed deb packages of Kernel 3.15 RC 3 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 3.15 RC 3 on 32 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pear OS and Elementary OS systems:
Download the needed packages:
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc3-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.0-031500rc3_3.15.0-031500rc3.201404280035_all.deb
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc3-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.0-031500rc3-generic_3.15.0-031500rc3.201404280035_i386.deb
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc3-utopic/linux-image-3.15.0-031500rc3-generic_3.15.0-031500rc3.201404280035_i386.deb
Install Kernel 3.15 RC 3:
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.15*.deb linux-image-3.15*.deb
Optional, remove the kernel:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-header-3.15* linux-image-3.15*
How to install Kernel 3.15 RC 3 on 64 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pear OS and Elementary OS systems:
Download the needed packages:
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc3-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.0-031500rc3_3.15.0-031500rc3.201404280035_all.deb
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc3-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.0-031500rc3-generic_3.15.0-031500rc3.201404280035_amd64.deb
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc3-utopic/linux-image-3.15.0-031500rc3-generic_3.15.0-031500rc3.201404280035_amd64.deb
Install Kernel 3.15 RC 3:
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.13*.deb linux-image-3.13*.deb
Optional, remove the kernel:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-header-3.15* linux-image-3.15*
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