How to Install and Uninstall linux-headers-6.5.0-17-generic Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: June 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the linux-headers-6.5.0-17-generic on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "linux-headers-6.5.0-17-generic" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install linux-headers-6.5.0-17-generic on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "linux-headers-6.5.0-17-generic" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall linux-headers-6.5.0-17-generic on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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-6.5.0-17-generic package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: linux-headers-6.5.0-17-generic
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.5.0-17.17~22.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Source: linux-hwe-6.5
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 27441
Provides: linux-headers, linux-headers-3.0
Depends: linux-hwe-6.5-headers-6.5.0-17, libc6 (>= 2.34), libelf1 (>= 0.144), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Filename: pool/main/l/linux-hwe-6.5/linux-headers-6.5.0-17-generic_6.5.0-17.17~22.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 3451918
MD5sum: 260da70e2e87aa5ab72d1675f9c108e5
SHA1: a240b3f59e20f8b59ba704c5336243c56d0de20d
SHA256: 2d7407e536e572c8341dadce473e799a6f631613b43cfd2df1d830346a080f2f
SHA512: 0b1b4e7b246a44e0028787493ad4c8514aac1a7ac52997f58d8882767a8ae41e6fef8cb3e9fd29b2ac54f4164e3feb579212de743ad918ce3719937dff46af66
Description: Linux kernel headers for version 6.5.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
Description-md5: 2f02c3008691c52181c09662c26bd1fb