How To Install linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 is:
This package will always depend on the latest lowlatency kernel headers available.
Package: linux-headers-lowlatency-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-lowlatency Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04_5.4.0.26.32_amd64.deb Size: 2716 MD5sum: 8162ecac8d10494afbf33e60dbd52c21 SHA1: c8b8e23ff664ef738d975b083523971057f10e72 SHA256: f222e646398def98f6e0993674fa45a55a9d4daf98b7d71ca62b769ac1a060e8 Description-en: lowlatency Linux kernel headers This package will always depend on the latest lowlatency kernel headers available.
There are three methods to install linux-headers-lowlatency-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-lowlatency-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-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
Install linux-headers-lowlatency-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-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
Install linux-headers-lowlatency-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-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
How To Uninstall linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
Uninstall linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-headers-lowlatency-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-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
Remove linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 Configurations and Data
To remove linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
Remove linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
