It landed in the SparkyLinux "unstable" repository

Jul 16, 2017 21:40 GMT  ·  By

After LinuxLite users, now SparkyLinux users can install the newest Linux 4.12 kernel series on their computers, as the development team behind the Debian-based distro was pleased to announce the availability of Linux 4.12 in the "unstable" repo.

SparkyLinux appears to be the fourth GNU/Linux distribution to offer the Linux 4.12 kernel in their repositories, after Linux Lite, Arch Linux, and Ubuntu, though users will have to enable the "unstable" repository following the instructions provided at https://sparkylinux.org/wiki/doku.php/repository to upgrade their kernels.

"The first, stable version of Linux kernel of the 4.12.x line – 4.12.0 just landed in Sparky "unstable" repository," says the devs. "The Sparky’s Linux kernel is available in Sparky "unstable" repository, so enabled it to upgrade (if you have older version already installed) or to make fresh installation."

Here's how to install Linux kernel 4.12 on SparkyLinux

If you're using SparkyLinux on your PC and you need to run the latest Linux 4.12 kernel because you think your hardware will run better with it, go ahead and enable the "unstable" repo by opening your favorite terminal emulator and running the command listed below.

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sparky-unstable.list Now copy and paste the two lines displayed below and save the file. Exit the GNU nano editor and use one of the set of commands showcased that corresponds to the hardware architecture of your SparkyLinux installation to install Linux kernel 4.12.
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deb http://sparkylinux.org/repo unstable main
deb-src http://sparkylinux.org/repo unstable main
For 64-bit
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-image-sparky-amd64
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-sparky-amd64
For 32-bit
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-image-sparky-686
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-sparky-686
For 32-bit PAE
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-image-sparky-686-pae
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-sparky-686-pae
Once the packages were successfully installed, you will need to reboot your computer for the new kernel version to take effect. That's it, you're now running the Linux 4.12 kernel on your SparkyLinux operating system. If you encounter no issues with it, you can remove older kernel versions from your system with the APTus tool.