When Canonical released Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak and I saw that Unity 8 was far from ready, I couldn't be more disappointed. My disappointment diminished when, when installing the new versions, I discovered that the kernel that included the new version worked much better on my PC and the Wi-Fi card did not give me so many problems. It did not give me that many, but it continues to give me problems, so I have decided to install Linux Kernel 4.9 to see what happens.
In this post we will show you how to install Linux Kernel 4.9 LTS in Ubuntu 16.10, the version that I am using at the moment. This tutorial has also been tested on Ubuntu 16.04 LTSTherefore, users who will stay in the version released in April due to its extended support should not have any problem installing the new kernel by following the steps below.
Install Linux Kernel 4.9 on Ubuntu 16.04 and later
Before we start, it is worth making sure which Kernel we have installed. To do this, we will open a terminal and write:
uname -r
In my case, after pressing Enter it appears that I am using "4.8.0-32-generic", so if I follow the steps in this tutorial, what I will be doing is updating the kernel of my operating system.
- We open a terminal and type the following, one command at a time:
For 64bits:
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9/linux-headers-4.9.0-040900_4.9.0-040900.201612111631_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9/linux-headers-4.9.0-040900-generic_4.9.0-040900.201612111631_i386.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9/linux-image-4.9.0-040900-generic_4.9.0-040900.201612111631_amd64.deb
For 32bits
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9/linux-headers-4.9.0-040900_4.9.0-040900.201612111631_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9/linux-headers-4.9.0-040900-generic_4.9.0-040900.201612111631_i386.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9/linux-image-4.9.0-040900-generic_4.9.0-040900.201612111631_i386.deb
- Next, we install the Linux Kernel 4.9 with the following command:
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
- We update the grub with the following command:
sudo update-grub
- Finally, we restart the computer. To verify that we have indeed updated the kernel, we will reopen a terminal and type "uname -r" without the quotes.
And to enjoy the new kernel. Personally, I hope I won't have any problems with my Wi-Fi again. Have you already installed the Linux Kernel 4.9? How did it go?
I like your contribution and I will use it, THANK YOU very much. However, years ago, more than I wanted, I compiled a kernel for my machine and now that I have installed ubuntu on my laptop, trying to improve performance; I understand that the difference between linux and windows lies in the configuration of the drivers and first of all we must understand my dixtro or my kernel
Very good contribution Pablo ,, I have made the update from kernel 3.16 to 4.9 in Debian Kde ,,, which was perfect with my desktop Cube, and now to start again… .. to configure the Open GL…. I deactivate it. At least on my CPU it looks very agile ... networks, wifi, etc.
It could also be:
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9/{package1.deb, package2.deb, package3.deb}
Between braces and separated by commas, so that you download the 3 packages at once, in a single command.
a type there.
for linux 64, the 2nd would be:
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9/linux-headers-4.9.0-040900-generic_4.9.0-040900.201612111631_amd64.deb