How to Install and Uninstall linux-headers-5.8.0-55-generic Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "linux-headers-5.8.0-55-generic" package

This tutorial shows how to install linux-headers-5.8.0-55-generic on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "linux-headers-5.8.0-55-generic" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall linux-headers-5.8.0-55-generic on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the linux-headers-5.8.0-55-generic package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: linux-headers-5.8.0-55-generic
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.8.0-55.62~20.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Source: linux-hwe-5.8
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14744
Provides: linux-headers, linux-headers-3.0
Depends: linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-55, libc6 (>= 2.14), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Filename: pool/main/l/linux-hwe-5.8/linux-headers-5.8.0-55-generic_5.8.0-55.62~20.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1489644
MD5sum: 6539849b1a31cb6a9ed95ad13ceee551
SHA1: 7b1488b88a8aae3ef95569ead3d0b0833bae50c6
SHA256: a7cfb94b6106fe1d5702ee1aa08631c4ac0d1d9a5cffb0f4ed50d3c273d342a3
SHA512: 0e2d0852b7ef51d855e502c26ed46d708893e57b4766638bfc0194d98daab4b0b08d7e9068c49a846d63b60edb92a5e3a4cf4812ffba0f5830b2fe65cd758334
Description: Linux kernel headers for version 5.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
Description-md5: aece514516efa48125e5ad5ac7e9f6ab