How To Install backfire-dkms on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install backfire-dkms on Debian 9.
What is backfire-dkms
backfire-dkms is:
backfire is a driver used by sendme(8) (contained in the rt-tests package) to benchmark kernel to userspace signal generation.
There are three methods to install backfire-dkms on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install backfire-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install backfire-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install backfire-dkms
Install backfire-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install backfire-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install backfire-dkms
Install backfire-dkms Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install backfire-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install backfire-dkms
How To Uninstall backfire-dkms on Debian 9
To uninstall only the backfire-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove backfire-dkms
Uninstall backfire-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall backfire-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove backfire-dkms
Remove backfire-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove backfire-dkms configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge backfire-dkms
Remove backfire-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove backfire-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge backfire-dkms
Dependencies
backfire-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install backfire-dkms package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
