How To Install linux-headers-4.15.0-123 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-4.15.0-123
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is linux-headers-4.15.0-123
linux-headers-4.15.0-123 is:
This package provides kernel header files for version 4.15.0, for sites that want the latest kernel headers. Please read /usr/share/doc/linux-headers-4.15.0-123/debian.README.gz for details
There are three methods to install linux-headers-4.15.0-123
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-4.15.0-123 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-4.15.0-123
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-4.15.0-123
Install linux-headers-4.15.0-123 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-4.15.0-123
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-headers-4.15.0-123
Install linux-headers-4.15.0-123 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-4.15.0-123
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-headers-4.15.0-123
How To Uninstall linux-headers-4.15.0-123 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the linux-headers-4.15.0-123
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.15.0-123
Uninstall linux-headers-4.15.0-123 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-headers-4.15.0-123
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-headers-4.15.0-123
Remove linux-headers-4.15.0-123 Configurations and Data
To remove linux-headers-4.15.0-123
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-headers-4.15.0-123
Remove linux-headers-4.15.0-123 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-headers-4.15.0-123
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-headers-4.15.0-123
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-4.15.0-123
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.