Kernel Installer: Alexia Kernel Installer – Testing and Review
Every so often, here at Desde Linux, we cover in a tutorial how to update the Linux kernel of your Debian distribution and other compatible distributions to bring it up to date (currently, Debian 13 – “Trixie”). However, while searching for updated information on this topic, we learned about the availability of an interesting and useful CLI tool called "Alexia Kernel Installer", which was created by a well-known Hispanic Linuxtuber (YouTube content creator about Linux) named Alexia Michelle (The Systems Girl, on YouTube)Linuxtuber that we recently mentioned in a previous post called "Spanish-Speaking Women Linux Users: My 3 Favorite LinuxTubers on YouTube in 2025".
And yes, the test was successful. Therefore, we bring you a short tutorial on how this tool worksHowever, to help you understand beforehand the importance of having the latest version of the Linux kernel in an operating system like Debian, let me tell you At first glance, this can help you with cybersecurity improvements and compatibility with very modern hardware.In addition to achieving better performance and lower CPU usage (in many cases), better optimization and lower RAM consumption, improved operating system adaptability and compatibility, and increased operating system efficiency and productivity. This is especially true when, besides being compiled, the operating system is customized for the specific hardware and needs of each user.
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But, before we begin to address this tool called "Kernel Installer"»and describe its operation screen by screen, we recommend you explore and read our previous and most recent related post with said Hispanic Linux content creator, named "Alexia Michelle", and 2 other great women within the Hispanic Linuxverse, at the end of the same:
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Kernel Installer: Alexia Kernel Installer – Testing and Review
About Kernel Installer: By Alexia Michelle (The Systems Girl)
As a good and experienced IT professional and SysAdmin (just like me, in my old days), Alexia MichelleWith this CLI tool, it applies the reliable maxim of «To seek the automation of all those cyclical and routine activities that can be programmed to avoid the loss of valuable man-hours and maximize productivity in our workplaces.” And although having the latest Linux kernel isn't something that's usually done regularly in production environments or enterprise systems, it is often highly sought after and desired by specific members of the Linux community.
But, to be very specific, it is worth highlighting directly and briefly how this IT professional describes her own tool in the official Kernel Installer GitHub section, the next:
Alexia Kernel Installer is a CLI (terminal) tool that downloads, configures, compiles, and installs the latest stable Linux Kernel from the official Kernel.org website.
However, for more details, the same in its Official website Please add the following:
It installs the packages, downloads the kernel, configures it for Debian 12/13 (and others such as: MX Linux, Linux Mint LMDE, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, ElementaryOS and PopOS!, for now), then generates the image in ".deb" format with the header, installs it, and all the user has to do is restart the system and choose the new kernel from the grub menu. Compiling and installing the Linux kernel – Why? There's no reason why.
Quick user tutorial
This program can be used in the following two ways:
Running it directly
git clone https://github.com/alexiarstein/kernelinstallcd kernelinstall./kernel-installer
First, compiling it:
git clone https://github.com/alexiarstein/kernelinstallcd kernelinstallmake && sudo make install./kernel-installer
NotaNote that when compiling from source code, we must ensure that we have the necessary packages installed (make, gcc, gettext), as they are essential.
Screenshots of the usage process
- Reviewing the current Linux kernel used
- Installation and start-up of the program according to the direct execution mode
- Welcome message
- Executing the command command: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y build-essential libncurses-dev bison flex libssl-dev libelf-dev bc wget tar xz-utils gettext libc6-dev fakeroot curl git debhelper libdw-dev rsync locals
- Detecting and downloading the latest Linux Kernel version from the kernel.org website + Starting the compilation process
- Generating the packages in ".deb" format and installing them
- Cleaning up generated and already used compilation files
- End of the process
After restarting the machine and checking the installed Linux kernel, we have the following:
Compiling a program refers to the technical process (also called packaging) of converting the source code of a program or portion of software from its original source (the programming language used to write it) into a product readable by a computer (a high-level programming language that can be interpreted). In other words, it involves transforming the source code into an executable and functional program using a processor (compiler software) to convert the programming language into binary and assembly code.
Summary
In short, if you're one of those curious Linux users who always want to stay up-to-date with the latest Linux kernel versions, whether out of fashion or necessity, and until now you've been doing the process manually without much customization or automatically using a third-party script, we hope this Alexia Michelle's interesting CLI tool called "Alexia Kernel Installer" We hope this will be very useful and efficient for many, both personally and professionally, should the need arise. And if you'd like to suggest or recommend any other similar tools or programs, please leave a comment so we can consider them for future posts.
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