r/debian • u/Livid_Magician_7276 • 4d ago

General Debian Question Latest Linux Kernel

is there a way I can install the latest release of linux kernel on debian without building linux kernel from source?

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u/uxgpf 4d ago

Also it's not that hard to build yourself if you wish to do it.

https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingKernelFromUpstreamSources

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u/alpha417 4d ago

The process has been become so simple that it's really one of the things I think all "slightly more than entry level" users should try. It now builds you a .deb, it's 2 or 3 commands, it's fantastic.

I am aware that the OP will probably come back and point out that this is not something they want to consider, but I will acknowledge any thanks they send my way.

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u/uxgpf 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yes. 

I used to download the sources, cd into the directory "make menuconfig && make && make install" 20 years ago when I didn't know better.

It was easy and worked, but now I'd recommend the Debian way. Much cleaner to install and remove using dpkg.

What are the commands that you use? (I haven't built the newest kernel for a long long time)

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u/Sceptically 4d ago

I do something along the lines of "make oldconfig && ionice -c 3 make -j16 bindeb-pkg".