How to update Kernel on Linux VPS

Answered 3 years ago (Jun 13, 2022) by Eldernode Staff

Execute the following commands in order:

sudo apt-get update  sudo apt-get upgrade

Now, Create a directory for new kernel version 4.11.2:

sudo mkdir -p ~/4.11.2  cd ~/4.11.2

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.11.2/linux-headers-4.11.2-041102_4.11.2-041102.201705201036_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.11.2/linux-headers-4.11.2-041102-generic_4.11.2-041102.201705201036_amd64.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.11.2/linux-image-4.11.2-041102-generic_4.11.2-041102.201705201036_amd64.deb

dpkg -i *.deb

sudo update-grub

sudo reboot

Remove the old kernel using the following command:

sudo apt-get install byobu

dpkg -l | grep linux-image

sudo purge-old-kernels

purge-old-kernels --keep 1 -q

sudo update-grub