How to Install Linux Kernel 5.18 on Rocky Linux 8 / AlmaLinux 8 / Fedora 36

Linus Torvalds announced the Linux Kernel 5.18 after a few weeks of development and it is available for general usage. Linux Kernel 5.18 was released with new features and support. 

This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to install Linux kernel 5.18 on Rocky Linux 8, AlmaLinux 8, and Fedora 36.

How to Install Linux Kernel 5.18 on Alma Linux 8 / Rocky Linux 8?

Step 1: Ensure the system is up to date

sudo dnf update -y

Step 2: Import the ELREPO GPG Key

sudo rpm --import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org

Step 3: Install the ELREPO Repository

sudo dnf install https://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-8.el8.elrepo.noarch.rpm

Step 4: Install Linux Kernel 5.18

sudo dnf --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml kernel-ml-devel kernel-ml-headers -y

Step 5: Reboot the server and verify the new Linux kernel version

uname -r

How to Install Linux Kernel 5.18 on Fedora 36?

Step 1: Ensure the system is up to date

sudo dnf update -y

Step 2: Add the Fedora Vanilla repository

curl -s https://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/thl/kernel-vanilla.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kernel-vanilla.repo

Step 3: Install the latest mainline kernel 5.18

sudo dnf --enablerepo=kernel-vanilla-mainline update

Step 4: Reboot the server and verify the Linux kernel version

uname -r

Conclusion

From this tutorial, you have learned how to download and install Linux kernel 5.18 on Alma Linux 8.5, Rocky Linux 8.5, and Fedora 36.

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