How To Install linux-headers-generic on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-generic on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-headers-generic
linux-headers-generic is:
This package will always depend on the latest generic kernel headers available.
Package: linux-headers-generic Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.4.0.26.32 Priority: optional Section: devel 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_5.4.0.26.32_amd64.deb Size: 2680 MD5sum: 8748c25cf0e093332238a39b08c5cbe4 SHA1: 9d3f3671b45ff6da87497b3bbacf048a64043dfc SHA256: 6dd5e3319b90f5ecf45017bff2df1ea441a81dd2f9f77aa67134d2b4b79a38f5 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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-generic
Install linux-headers-generic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-generic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-headers-generic
Install linux-headers-generic 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-headers-generic
How To Uninstall linux-headers-generic on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-headers-generic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-generic
Uninstall linux-headers-generic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-headers-generic 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
Remove linux-headers-generic Configurations and Data
To remove linux-headers-generic configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-headers-generic
Remove linux-headers-generic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-headers-generic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-headers-generic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-generic package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.