{"id":6564,"date":"2017-02-19T14:09:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T14:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6564"},"modified":"2017-02-24T15:38:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T15:38:15","slug":"install-remove-enablement-stacks-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/install-remove-enablement-stacks-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Install \/ Remove Hardware Enablement Stacks in Ubuntu 16.04"},"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>Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS was released 2 days ago with security updates, corrections for high-impact bugs, and hardware enablement stacks for use on newer hardware. <\/p>\n<p>The LTS enablement stacks provide <b>Linux Kernel 4.8<\/b> and newer <b>X<\/b> support, and they are included in the Ubuntu 16.04.2 desktop ISO images.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/xerus.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/xerus.jpg\" alt=\"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS\" width=\"598\" height=\"382\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/xerus.jpg 598w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/xerus-450x287.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For original Ubuntu 16.04, and Ubuntu 16.04.1 users, you have to manually install the HWE stacks. And below will tell you how:<\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Hardware Enablement Stacks:<\/h4>\n<p>Open terminal from app launcher or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key. When it opens, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install --install-recommends xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in your password (no visual feedback) and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/install-hwe-xenial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/install-hwe-xenial-600x89.jpg\" alt=\"install hwe stack \" width=\"600\" height=\"89\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/install-hwe-xenial-600x89.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/install-hwe-xenial-450x66.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/install-hwe-xenial.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After installation, reboot your computer.<\/p>\n<h4>How to Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> I don&#8217;t like the new X stack in my laptop, so I removed it via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 xserver-xorg-input-all-hwe-16.04 linux-generic-hwe-16.04 xserver-xorg-video-all-hwe-16.04<\/pre>\n<p>You&#8217;ll see the command also removes the <code>ubuntu-desktop<\/code> package. Don&#8217;t worry. The following commands will install it back.<\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then install back the original xserver-xorg via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install xserver-xorg-core\n\nsudo apt install ubuntu-desktop xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-input-all libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386<\/pre>\n<p>If you want to remove the new kernel 4.8, reboot and select boot with old 4.4 kernel (grub -> Advanced Options), then see this <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/05\/remove-old-kernels-ubuntu-16-04\/\" target=\"_blank\">how to tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS was released 2 days ago with security updates, corrections for high-impact bugs, and hardware enablement stacks for use on newer hardware. The LTS enablement stacks provide Linux Kernel 4.8 and newer X support, and they are included in the Ubuntu 16.04.2 desktop ISO images. For original Ubuntu 16.04, and Ubuntu 16.04.1 users, [&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],"tags":[1419,1327],"class_list":["post-6564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-lts-enablement-stacks","tag-ubuntu-16-04"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564","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=6564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}