This tutorial is going to show you How to install Linux Kernel 3.15 RC on Ubuntu 14.04. Linux Kernel 3.15 will be used on the next release of Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn. It still in Release Candidate version. Please do it for testing purposes only since the Linux Kernel 3.15 is not stable yet and may contains bugs and errors.
To install Linux Kernel 3.15 on Ubuntu 14.04, do the following:
A. Download required packages
Open Terminal and type these commands to download the packages
wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc7-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.0-031500rc7_3.15.0-031500rc7.201405251935_all.deb
wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc7-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.0-031500rc7-generic_3.15.0-031500rc7.201405251935_i386.deb
wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc7-utopic/linux-image-3.15.0-031500rc7-generic_3.15.0-031500rc7.201405251935_i386.deb
B. Install the package
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.15*.deb linux-image-3.15*.deb
Once finished, reboot your computer and Linux Kernel 3.15 should be installed.
To remove the Linux Kernel 3.15 on Ubuntu 14.04, execute this command
sudo apt-get remove linux-header-3.15* linux-image-3.15*
Thank you.
