README

Kernel mainline ppa downloader
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Requirements
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python-bs4 (beautiful soup)
python-apt

    sudo apt-get install python-bs4 python-apt

Instructions
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You may download it using this quick link: https://github.com/medigeek/kmp-downloader/tarball/master

Save the archive and extract the files. Double click on `kmpd.py` (execute in terminal). If you're not sure about an option, press Enter and it will select the default answer.

..or execute this command (one-liner):

    cd /tmp; rm -rf medigeek-kmp*; wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/medigeek/kmp-downloader/tarball/master -O kmpd.tar.gz; tar xzf kmpd.tar.gz; cd medigeek-*; python kmpd.py

If you want more options, e.g. disable the release candidate filter and/or prefer the latest stable release, check out the available arguments:

    python kmpd.py --help

Uninstall
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To uninstall the kernel packages, remember to boot to a different kernel image first. Then you can use your favourite package manager to uninstall the packages. For example if you installed version 3.5.3, you can uninstall it using this command:

    sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.5.3.* linux-image-extra-3.5.3.* linux-headers-3.5.3.*

More info
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Ubuntu-gr forum topic: http://forum.ubuntu-gr.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24119