[ubuntu-in] How do I update the kernel using the terminal?

Fabian Enos fabian.rap.more at gmail.com
Sun Sep 14 17:58:53 BST 2008


Because it may give me problems like it did for you.

On 9/14/08, mallikarjun arjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Fabian Enos
> <fabian.rap.more at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Onkar: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade does almost the same thing sudo
>> apt-get upgrade does for me
>>
>> I want to be able to update ONLY the linux kernel
>>
>> On 9/14/08, mallikarjun arjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Fabian Enos <fabian.rap.more at gmail.com
>> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > I am using Xubuntu Hardy. I dont want to use update managers as I
>> >> > feel
>> >> > they are eat chunks of ram. Is there anyway to update using the
>> >> > terminal?
>> >>
>> >> I am not completely able to understand what exactly you are trying to
>> >> do but what does 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' command do in your case?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Onkar
>> >>
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>> > but i think dist-upgrade will upgrade distributions not kernel i think?
>> >
>> > mallikarjun
>> >
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> Y dont you compile the source found in kernel.org?
>
> Best Regards
> mallikarjun
>



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