How to install Kernel 4.8 rc7 on Ubuntu 16.04

  Linux kernel is the essential part of any Linux operating system. It is responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, simple communications, basic file system management, and more. Written from scratch by Linus Torvalds.

 Kernel 4.8 RC7 has been released, coming with various updates and fixes

Installation instructions:

Because it is very difficult to compile a Linux kernel, Canonical has packed all the kernel releases as deb packages and made them available for everybody that uses Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based systems, via its kernel.ubuntu.com repository.

How to install Kernel 4.8 rc7 on 32 bit Ubuntu 16.04:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp $ wget \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc7/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc7_4.8.0-040800rc7.201609182130_all.deb \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc7/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc7-generic_4.8.0-040800rc7.201609182130_i386.deb \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc7/linux-image-4.8.0-040800rc7-generic_4.8.0-040800rc7.201609182130_i386.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8*.deb linux-image-4.8*.deb $ sudo reboot

How to install Kernel 4.8 rc7 on 64 bit Ubuntu 16.04:
Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp $ wget \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc7/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc7_4.8.0-040800rc7.201609182130_all.deb \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc7/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc7-generic_4.8.0-040800rc7.201609182130_amd64.deb \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc7/linux-image-4.8.0-040800rc7-generic_4.8.0-040800rc7.201609182130_amd64.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8*.deb linux-image-4.8*.deb $ sudo reboot

Check Kernel version:

$ uname -r

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.8* linux-image-4.8*