{"id":29596,"date":"2020-08-04T13:49:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=29596"},"modified":"2020-08-04T13:49:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:49:28","slug":"install-linux-kernel-5-8-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/08\/install-linux-kernel-5-8-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Linux Kernel 5.8 in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kernel-icon-tux.png\" alt=\"Linux Kernel\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5727\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Linus Torvalds <a href=\"https:\/\/lkml.org\/lkml\/2020\/8\/2\/293\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> the release of Linux kernel 5.8 two days ago on Sunday. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu and \/ or Linux Mint.<\/p>\n<p>New features in Linux Kernel 5.8 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualcomm Adreno 405 \/ 640 \/ 650 open-source support.<\/li>\n<li>AMDGPU TMZ support.<\/li>\n<li>Intel Tiger Lake SAGV support.<\/li>\n<li>New Arm SoC and platform support.<\/li>\n<li>AMD Energy Driver.<\/li>\n<li>Initial support for booting POWER10 processors.<\/li>\n<li>Intel Tiger Lake Thunderbolt support for Intel&#8217;s Gateway SoCs.<\/li>\n<li>And many other new features and improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install Linux Kernel 5.8 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-red\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-exclamation-triangle'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Kernel\/MainlineBuilds\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mainline kernels<\/a> do not include any Ubuntu-provided drivers or patches. They are not supported and are not appropriate for production use<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The mainline kernel packages for Linux 5.8 (<i>64-bit<\/i>) are now available for download at the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v5.8\/' class='arconix-button-flat arconix-button-large arconix-button-tan' target=\"_blank\" >Download Kernel 5.8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select <code>generic<\/code> for common system, and <code>lowlatency<\/code> for a low latency system (e.g. for recording audio):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>linux-headers-5.8.0-xxxxxx_all.deb<\/li>\n<li>linux-headers-5.8.0-xxx-generic(\/lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb<\/li>\n<li>linux-modules-5.8.0-xxx-generic(\/lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb<\/li>\n<li>linux-image-xxx-5.8.0-xxx-generic(\/lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Alternatively you can download and install the kernel binaries via terminal commands ( open terminal via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b>):<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">cd \/tmp\/\r\n\r\nwget -c https:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v5.8\/amd64\/linux-headers-5.8.0-050800_5.8.0-050800.202008022230_all.deb\r\n\r\nwget -c https:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v5.8\/amd64\/linux-headers-5.8.0-050800-generic_5.8.0-050800.202008022230_amd64.deb\r\n\r\nwget -c https:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v5.8\/amd64\/linux-image-unsigned-5.8.0-050800-generic_5.8.0-050800.202008022230_amd64.deb\r\n\r\nwget -c https:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v5.8\/amd64\/linux-modules-5.8.0-050800-generic_5.8.0-050800.202008022230_amd64.deb\r\n\r\nsudo dpkg -i *.deb<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, restart your computer and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><b>Uninstall Linux Kernel 5.8:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Restart your machine and select boot with the previous kernel in boot menu \u2018Grub2 -> Advanced Option for Ubuntu\u2019. Then run command to remove Linux Kernel 5.8:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-unsigned-5.8.0-050800-generic<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 5.8 two days ago on Sunday. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu and \/ or Linux Mint. New features in Linux Kernel 5.8 include: Qualcomm Adreno 405 \/ 640 \/ 650 open-source support. AMDGPU TMZ support. Intel Tiger Lake SAGV support. New Arm SoC and platform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-29596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-linux-kernel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}