A paid version of Ukuu is now available with more features and a new UI. This repository contains source code for v18.9 and previous versions.

Ubuntu Kernel Update Utility (Ukuu)

This is a tool for installing the latest mainline Linux kernel on Ubuntu-based distributions.

Features

• Fetches list of kernels from kernel.ubuntu.com
• Displays notifications when a new kernel update is available.
• Downloads and installs packages automatically

Screenshots

Main Window

Settings Window

Console Options

Installation

Ubuntu-based Distributions (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary, etc)

Packages are available in Launchpad PPA for supported Ubuntu releases. Run the following commands in a terminal window:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ukuu

Ukuu should not be used on older Ubuntu systems as upgrading to very new kernels can break older systems.

Debian & Other Linux Distributions

This application fetches kernels from kernel.ubuntu.com which are provided by Canonical and meant for installation on Ubuntu-based distributions. These should not be used on Debian and other non-Ubuntu distributions such as Arch Linux, Fedora, etc.

Downloads & Source Code

Ukuu is written using Vala and GTK3 toolkit. Source code and binaries are available from the GitHub project page.

Build instruction

Ubuntu-based Distributions (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary, etc)

in a terminal window:

sudo apt-get install libgee-0.8-dev libjson-glib-dev libvte-2.91-dev valac
git clone https://github.com/teejee2008/ukuu.git
cd ukuu
make all
sudo make install