How To Install linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 is:
This package will always depend on the latest lowlatency kernel image available.
Package: linux-image-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 Provides: virtualbox-guest-modules (= 6.1.6-dfsg-1), wireguard-modules (= 1.0.20200413-1), zfs-modules (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12) Depends: linux-image-5.4.0-26-lowlatency, linux-firmware, intel-microcode, amd64-microcode Recommends: thermald Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04_5.4.0.26.32_amd64.deb Size: 2828 MD5sum: 67a55dae8ebd06189a7b77483f01a03b SHA1: 98f4a3c9fe4ba641676fd61d4cefc5e1259c40c9 SHA256: 95088deff85913e052e844a65f20f673de3f36e762ff91d09279ceccf3d9ca3c Description-en: lowlatency Linux kernel image This package will always depend on the latest lowlatency kernel image available.
There are three methods to install linux-image-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-image-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-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
Install linux-image-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-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
Install linux-image-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-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
How To Uninstall linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
Uninstall linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-image-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-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
Remove linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 Configurations and Data
To remove linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
Remove linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.