How to Install and Uninstall linux-generic-hwe-16.04 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: October 11,2024

1. Install "linux-generic-hwe-16.04" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install linux-generic-hwe-16.04 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "linux-generic-hwe-16.04" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall linux-generic-hwe-16.04 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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-generic-hwe-16.04 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: linux-generic-hwe-16.04
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.15.0.192.177
Priority: optional
Section: oldlibs
Source: linux-meta
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18
Depends: linux-generic
Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-generic-hwe-16.04_4.15.0.192.177_amd64.deb
Size: 1884
MD5sum: 92bbed8ce68eb70ed40d78285997bdd6
SHA1: 3dd531b78055e4e0601209be2c9a022275aa5466
SHA256: f5f9a3c471f1039487addb35ecff305e00a47c2635dedb00243b6b54c119fb33
SHA512: ccb6850cfba1ddf3fafb53489ec3d7342f15c42a113fbb20925047f4af115204b46bad7338dcea6282a6e102c830e1d6c8425d4445ee3b01621829468edaae50
Description: Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers (dummy transitional package)
Description-md5: 94ed9af12bb0cc13458ae0ff6b0b561d
Supported: 5y

Package: linux-generic-hwe-16.04
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.15.0.20.23
Priority: optional
Section: oldlibs
Source: linux-meta
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14
Depends: linux-generic
Breaks: flash-kernel (<< 3.90ubuntu2), s390-tools (<< 2.3.0-0ubuntu3)
Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-generic-hwe-16.04_4.15.0.20.23_amd64.deb
Size: 1924
MD5sum: 1afdc5e6a1a0a45bcb7483ca81ff1a4b
SHA1: 040170b037425f9787c81ed7a626ea8b4b6f43f9
SHA256: 057593815ba7b197140535b49c4dbd6e864536b382df4322296b40bf867e8c04
Description: Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers (dummy transitional package)
Description-md5: 94ed9af12bb0cc13458ae0ff6b0b561d
Supported: 5y