
This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to install Linux kernel 6.0 On Rocky Linux 9 and Alma Linux 8.
Linus Torvalds announced the Linux Kernel 6.0 which is available to download for general usage with new features, improvements, better hardware support, and other new updates.
Install Linux Kernel 6.0 On Rocky Linux 9 / Alma Linux 9
Step 1: Before Proceeding with the installation of Kernel 6.0 update the system
sudo dnf update -y
Step 2: Import the EPEL Public Key
sudo rpm --import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
Step 3: Install ELREPO
For Rocky Linux 9 servers / Alma Linux 9 Servers
sudo dnf install https://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-9.el9.elrepo.noarch.rpm -y
For Rocky Linux 8 servers / Alma Linux 8 Servers
sudo dnf install https://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-8.el8.elrepo.noarch.rpm -y
Step 4: Enable the elrepo-kernel Repository
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled elrepo-kernel
Step 5: Install the Linux Kernel 6.0 from ELrepo
sudo dnf install kernel-ml kernel-ml-core kernel-ml-headers kernel-ml-modules kernel-ml-modules-extra
Step 6: Validate the kernel
Once installation is completed reboot the server and verify the newly installed kernel by running the below command.
uname -r

Rollback to Default Kernel
If you noticed any issues in the new kernel you can rollback to the default kernel using the below commands
sudo dnf config-manager --set-disabled elrepo*
sudo dnf reinstall kernel*
Once kernel installation is completed, you can proceed with reboot, system will reboot into the baseos kernel.
Conclusion
From this tutorial, you have learned how to download and install Linux kernel 6.0 on Rocky Linux 9. X and AlmaLinux 8. X and 9.X
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