Restart the server:
sudo reboot
Check for updates:
sudo apt list –upgradeable
You should see the following text:
root@server2:~# sudo apt list –upgradeable
Listing… Done
root@server2:~#
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Active kernel version
To check the current kernel version, enter the command:
uname -r
You’ll see:
root@kernelUpgrade:~# uname -r
4.4.0-143-generic
root@kernelUpgrade:~#
4.4. here is the current kernel version. After the update, you can check whether the version has changed with the same command.
Installing new kernel
Create a folder for the new kernel version, make it a working folder. In this example we are going to install the 4.11.2: version:
sudo mkdir -p ~/4.11.2
cd ~/4.11.2
Download the necessary version packages. To do so, perform the following commands:
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.11.2/ linux-headers-4.11.2-041102_4.11.2-041102.201705201036_all.deb
