How To Install linux-lowlatency on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-lowlatency on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-lowlatency
linux-lowlatency is:
This package will always depend on the latest complete lowlatency Linux kernel available. Task: ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
Package: linux-lowlatency 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: kernel-testing–linux–full–lowlatency Depends: linux-image-lowlatency (= 5.4.0.26.32), linux-headers-lowlatency (= 5.4.0.26.32) Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-lowlatency_5.4.0.26.32_amd64.deb Size: 1884 MD5sum: 7c316804485f287bb71088aa437b43b1 SHA1: cc95d750b367b7bc2fffa53beb2ceb004d5c520f SHA256: bbf14068ca27accb30c77e66b86336b2685eb20fda50b6449c6657627d97ddee Description-en: Complete lowlatency Linux kernel This package will always depend on the latest complete lowlatency Linux kernel available. Task: ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
There are three methods to install linux-lowlatency 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-lowlatency 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-lowlatency using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-lowlatency
Install linux-lowlatency Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-lowlatency using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-lowlatency
Install linux-lowlatency 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-lowlatency using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-lowlatency
How To Uninstall linux-lowlatency on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-lowlatency package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-lowlatency
Uninstall linux-lowlatency And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-lowlatency and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-lowlatency
Remove linux-lowlatency Configurations and Data
To remove linux-lowlatency configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-lowlatency
Remove linux-lowlatency configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-lowlatency configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-lowlatency
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-lowlatency package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
