How To Install dkms on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dkms on Fedora 34.
What is dkms
This package contains the framework for the Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) method for installing module RPMS as originally developed by Dell.
We can use yum or dnf to install dkms on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dkms.
Install dkms on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install dkms using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dkms
Install dkms on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install dkms using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dkms
How To Uninstall dkms on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dkms
dkms Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/dkms
/etc/dkms/framework.conf
/etc/dkms/kernel_install.d_dkms
/etc/dkms/sign_helper.sh
/etc/dkms/template-dkms-mkrpm.spec
/etc/dkms/template-dkms-redhat-kmod.spec
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms
/etc/kernel/prerm.d/dkms
/usr/lib/dkms
/usr/lib/dkms/common.postinst
/usr/lib/dkms/dkms_autoinstaller
/usr/lib/dkms/find-provides
/usr/lib/dkms/lsb_release
/usr/lib/dkms/mkkerneldoth
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/40-dkms.install
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dkms.service
/usr/sbin/dkms
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dkms
/usr/share/doc/dkms
/usr/share/doc/dkms/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dkms/README.md
/usr/share/doc/dkms/sample.conf
/usr/share/doc/dkms/sample.spec
/usr/share/licenses/dkms
/usr/share/licenses/dkms/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/dkms.8.gz
/var/lib/dkms
/var/lib/dkms/dkms_dbversion
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dkms on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
