{"id":6076,"date":"2016-07-25T17:05:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T17:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6076"},"modified":"2016-07-25T17:05:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T17:05:30","slug":"install-linux-kernel-4-7-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/07\/install-linux-kernel-4-7-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Linux Kernel 4.7 in Ubuntu 16.04\/14.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kernel-icon-tux.png\"><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=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5727\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Linus Torvalds finally announced the release of the Linux Kernel 4.7. He wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/lkml.org\/lkml\/2016\/7\/24\/151\" target=\"_blank\">lkml.org<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>So, after a slight delay due to my travels, I&#8217;m back, and 4.7 is out.<\/p>\n<p>Despite it being two weeks since rc7, the final patch wasn&#8217;t all that big, and much of it is trivial one- and few-liners. There&#8217;s a couple of network drivers that got a bit more loving. Appended is the shortlog since rc7 for people who care: it&#8217;s fairly spread out, with networking and some intel Kabylake GPU fixes being the most noticeable ones. But there&#8217;s random small noise spread all over.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Kernel 4.7 release highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>open source support for Radeon RX 480 GPUs<\/li>\n<li>async discard support by the core block code<\/li>\n<li>support for upgrading firmware using the EFI Capsule<\/li>\n<li>New Linux Security Module (LSM) &#8220;LoadPin&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>support for generating virtual USB Device Controllers in USB\/IP<\/li>\n<li>numerous drivers updates and lots of bug-fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How to Install \/ Upgrade Kernel 4.7 in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-red\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-exclamation-triangle'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\">Not recommended for common users, unless there&#8217;s must upgrade reasons and you know exactly what you&#8217;re doing and how to solve problems.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Ubuntu Kernel Team has made the binary packages for the new kernel release, available for download at the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='http:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v4.7\/' class='arconix-button arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Download Kernel 4.7 Packages [.deb]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Depends on your OS type, grab and install the packages below one by one:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>linux-headers-4.7.0-xxxxxx_all.deb<\/li>\n<li>linux-headers-4.7.0-xxx-generic(\/lowlatency)_xxx_amd64(\/i386).deb<\/li>\n<li>linux-image-4.7.0-xxx-generic(\/lowlatency)_xxx_amd64(\/i386).deb<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i>Select <code>generic<\/code> for common system, and <code>lowlatency<\/code> for a low latency system (e.g. for recording audio), amd64 for <code>64bit<\/code> system and <code>i386<\/code> for 32bit system.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>You may also download these <b>.deb<\/b> packages in terminal \/ command console by running following commands one by one:<\/p>\n<p><i>For 64-bit system:<\/i><\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">cd \/tmp\/\n\nwget http:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v4.7\/linux-headers-4.7.0-040700_4.7.0-040700.201607241632_all.deb\n\nwget http:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v4.7\/linux-headers-4.7.0-040700-generic_4.7.0-040700.201607241632_amd64.deb\n\nwget http:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v4.7\/linux-image-4.7.0-040700-generic_4.7.0-040700.201607241632_amd64.deb\n\nsudo dpkg -i *.deb<\/pre>\n<p><i>For 32bit system:<\/i><\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">cd \/tmp\/\n\nwget http:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v4.7\/linux-headers-4.7.0-040700_4.7.0-040700.201607241632_all.deb\n\nwget http:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v4.7\/linux-headers-4.7.0-040700-generic_4.7.0-040700.201607241632_i386.deb\n\nwget http:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v4.7\/linux-image-4.7.0-040700-generic_4.7.0-040700.201607241632_i386.deb\n\nsudo dpkg -i *.deb<\/pre>\n<p>Finally restart your computer.<\/p>\n<p><b>Uninstall Kernel 4.7:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For any reason you want to remove this Kernel, start\/restart your machine and select boot with the previous kernel in Grub2 -> Advanced menu. Then remove the 4.7 kernel via Ubuntu Tweak, or just follow <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/05\/remove-old-kernels-ubuntu-16-04\/\" target=\"_blank\">this tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linus Torvalds finally announced the release of the Linux Kernel 4.7. He wrote on lkml.org: So, after a slight delay due to my travels, I&#8217;m back, and 4.7 is out. Despite it being two weeks since rc7, the final patch wasn&#8217;t all that big, and much of it is trivial one- and few-liners. 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