Procedure for Install Linux Kernel 3.1-oneiric in Ubuntu 11.10, 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04
This Post Updated on : October 25, 2011
Latest stable version Linux Kernel 3.1-oneiric has been released yesterday. Ubuntu and Debian users can directly download the debian version from kernel.ubuntu.com. If you like to compile the latest Linux Kernel in Ubuntu Click Here.
The packages needed to be installed are:
- linux-headers
- linux-headers-generic
- linux-image-generic
You can also download the previous stable kernel 3.0.2 / 3.0.3 upto 3.0.7from kernel.ubuntu.com and follow the same steps to install it. Use “dpkg -i kernel-name” and just change the kernel name to latest kernel version.
If your using 32-bit version then download the following packages.
If your using 64-bit version then download the following packages.
To install Linux Kernel 3.1-oneiric
Open a terminal and move to the directory where you have downloaded the kernel packages. If the files are in /Downloads directory then run the following command.
$ cd ~/Downloads/
Then use dpkg command to install the packages, for example here I am explain how-to’s for 32-bit versions. Run the following commands one by one and type the password for the user, when prompted.
For linux-headers
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.1.0-030100_3.1.0-030100.201110241006_all.deb
For linux-headers-generic
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.1.0-030100-generic_3.1.0-030100.201110241006_i386.deb
For linux-image-generic
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-image-3.1.0-030100-generic_3.1.0-030100.201110241006_i386.deb
If your facing any warnings or error while installing then try installing module-init-tools 3.13first, and try again now it should work. Restart your system now by default it will boot kernel 3.1-oneiric, you can able to see while booting. To check after booting open a terminal and type “uname -r“. Check the screen shot below.
Hope this will be helpful for you!!!
