Step-by-step – Mainline Installation in Linux Mint 20

GNU/Linux Mint 20 Installing Mainline – QuickStart Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Mainline GUI Kernel Installer/Updater in GNU/Linux Mint 20.x Ulyana/Ulyssa/Uma/Una LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.

And Mainline GUI for Linux Mint is a Tool for installing the latest mainline Linux Kernel on Mint based Distributions.

Moreover, the Mainline Features:

• Fetches Kernel list from kernel.ubuntu.com

• Optionally watches and displays notifications when a new kernel update is available

• Downloads and installs packages automatically

• Display available and installed kernels conveniently

• Install/remove kernels from gui

• For each kernel, the related packages (headers & modules) are installed or removed at the same time

Finally, this guide includes detailed instructions about How to Update/Upgrade Kernel with Mainline on Mint.

1. 1. Terminal Getting-Started Guide

   How to QuickStart with Command Line on Linux Mint:

   Console Linux Mint QuickStart Guide

   Getting-Started with Command Line on Linux Mint

   First Update the Apt Repo Sources with:

   sudo apt update

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.