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

Raseel Bhagat raseelbhagat at gmail.com
Sun Sep 14 20:52:40 BST 2008


Hi,

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 1:10 AM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde 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
>
> Upgrade kernel from where?
>

This is what I did :
sudo apt-get install linux-image-<tab>

This will give you all possible options for a new linux kernel image. You
can choose your poison from the list.

Similarly, you can also install the headers with :
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-<tab>

Thanks,
Raseel
http://raseel.in
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