I like the beauty of Linux Mint 18's mintupdate (a part of Mint utilities), which provides me with the latest stable kernel security updates, like today (2016-Dec-01):Clues might be in the mintupdate's Python script located in:/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.pyHowever, I didn't manage to find any so far. Possibly due to the fact, I don't understand Python.Providing, I would like to do this over terminal in a Bash script.Disclaimer: I don't want to install the latest kernel available on Kernel.org.I would like to install the same as mintupdate suggests.EDIT1:cat /etc/apt/sources.list(empty)cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*output, separated by file:deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-freedeb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu xenial-getdeb apps gamesdeb http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu xenial maindeb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu xenial maindeb http://packages.linuxmint.com sarah main upstream import backport deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiversedeb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiversedeb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiversedeb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security main restricted universe multiversedeb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ xenial partnerdeb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com sarah main upstream import backport deb-src http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiversedeb-src http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiversedeb-src http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiversedeb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security main restricted universe multiversedeb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ xenial partnerdeb [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steamdeb-src [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steamdeb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib
How to upgrade kernel from terminal in Linux Mint 18?
debian;linux kernel;upgrade
From your apt files, it is obvious you are using ubuntu backports. More interestingly yet, you already have backports configured, see the line:deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverseFor selecting the kernel you are interested in, use -t to select the xenial-backports. Do:apt-get updateapt-cache search -t xenial-backports linux-image (or a similar variation for the kernel packages)apt-get install -t xenial-backports linux-image-xxx If you are building the kernel, or kernel modules for some reason, you will also need to install the new version of linux-headers and linux-kbuildIf using open-vm-tools, you probably need to install the new version:apt-get install -t xenial-backports open-vm-tools