How To Install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04. linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 is Generic Linux kernel headers Generic Linux kernel headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04

linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 is:

This package will always depend on the latest generic kernel headers available.

Package: linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.4.0.26.32 Priority: optional Section: kernel Source: linux-meta Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 17 Depends: linux-headers-5.4.0-26-generic Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04_5.4.0.26.32_amd64.deb Size: 2712 MD5sum: 6d8bab0c500800874bf65c3811786db3 SHA1: 4f5ae4721ec92cd574b44d993247ea1da5817ebb SHA256: 77b45300bedadc733e28aa9a742f6e2f3fa289cfa0d3ee3c8ff93b1e41860015 Description-en: Generic Linux kernel headers This package will always depend on the latest generic kernel headers available.

There are three methods to install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04

Install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04

Install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04

How To Uninstall linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04

Uninstall linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04

Remove linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 Configurations and Data

To remove linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04

Remove linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.