How To Install linux-source on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-source on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-source
linux-source is:
This package will always depend on the latest Linux kernel source code available. The Ubuntu patches have been applied.
Package: linux-source Architecture: all 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-source-5.4.0 Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-source_5.4.0.26.32_all.deb Size: 2688 MD5sum: 91cdd3ac7950db6e2254b96efe0f74d7 SHA1: e445a5db08040a520e7c37b0e7f6fb7208d3d183 SHA256: d338cd4bc4df92be99055e55a6d856e843f37b2bcc75778e3c7ab0fcfeb5f0f1 Description-en: Linux kernel source with Ubuntu patches This package will always depend on the latest Linux kernel source code available. The Ubuntu patches have been applied.
There are three methods to install linux-source 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-source 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-source using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-source
Install linux-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-source using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-source
Install linux-source 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-source using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-source
How To Uninstall linux-source on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-source package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-source
Uninstall linux-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-source and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-source
Remove linux-source Configurations and Data
To remove linux-source configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-source
Remove linux-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-source
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-source package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.