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

Last updated: December 27,2024

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

Please follow the guidance below to install linux-headers-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-headers-generic-hwe-16.04" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall linux-headers-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-headers-generic-hwe-16.04 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: linux-headers-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-headers-generic
Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-headers-generic-hwe-16.04_4.15.0.192.177_amd64.deb
Size: 1880
MD5sum: 0f4211e402b03d8b4a7d5454896e064b
SHA1: f36cc9ea0b87a3a56ad68a50564cee81830e9e1a
SHA256: acb9f8de45616f492e4cecaa525a7be74aa941c74b76cc44dfc97b98aa6c2b44
SHA512: 89f2256849786ab5772a9b6f8bca1e0a3bd97df3ea8c0a4986ad4856408c8265297764b09c0195c27b8a8123995954637421f8c35fee875fa12dbacd5fc366d6
Description: Generic Linux kernel headers (dummy transitional package)
Description-md5: 099d249c51494e19e99a82f6464662cf
Supported: 5y

Package: linux-headers-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-headers-generic
Breaks: flash-kernel (<< 3.90ubuntu2), s390-tools (<< 2.3.0-0ubuntu3)
Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-headers-generic-hwe-16.04_4.15.0.20.23_amd64.deb
Size: 1916
MD5sum: 288f0eb32035e599ef212c7f30a00042
SHA1: a4b99d2b658f9de8a3be5c73c52a887521ceac91
SHA256: 054ef543688679917e92577bf8ba5a0692ece9f46c6694e58b7e74e8b32cf471
Description: Generic Linux kernel headers (dummy transitional package)
Description-md5: 099d249c51494e19e99a82f6464662cf
Supported: 5y