Ubuntu – update the kernel of the 10.04 LTS to the latest kernel

As it stands currently (unless something drastic happens), yes. We expect this to land in the compat-wireless package as soon as it has been approved. The current plan is to bring it in to Maverick (10.10) in this way and then, potentially, to backport to Lucid (10.04)

~JFo

You can donwload the package linux-generic or linux-server from http://packages.ubuntu.com, copy it on your traget system and install it via SoftwareCenter or in shell using dpkg -i PACKAGENAME.deb. That should do it for the most part. Unless you need additional

Dependencies

As for dependencies: Software Center / dpkg will tell you if any dependencies are not met. Worst case is, you'll have to download them all manually and install them. If we're talking about just one or two packages, I'd do so.

I have not much experience about auto-installing dependencies. You can try one of the following and see if it works:

Warning: Stuff gets increasingly riskier further down the list!

• dpkg -i PACKAGENAME.deb then apt-get -f install. The former installs the package no matter what, the latter fixes broken dependencies.
• Try to install it with gdebi
• See if this howto helps

• You could try the daly build kerne-ppa:

  apt-add repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa
  apt-get update
  apt-get install PACKAGENAME
  

• Enable natty repositories in synaptic for a short while (do not run update-manager, while enabled).

Sorry, I can't be of more help. When I tried it back in the days, I just had to install the one package. Maybe this also helps: How do I add the kernel PPA?