How To Install dh-kpatches on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-kpatches on Debian 9.
What is dh-kpatches
dh-kpatches is:
The dh_installkpatches script produces the “apply” and “unpatch” scripts that kernel-package uses to automatically handle kernel patches. It provides a number of useful features like:
- does its best to never break your kernel source tree
- allows you to select any provided version of a patch
- handle patch inter-dependencies
Patches are described in a Debian-standard control-file-like format.
There are three methods to install dh-kpatches 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 dh-kpatches Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-kpatches using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-kpatches
Install dh-kpatches Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-kpatches using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-kpatches
Install dh-kpatches 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 dh-kpatches using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-kpatches
How To Uninstall dh-kpatches on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dh-kpatches package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-kpatches
Uninstall dh-kpatches And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-kpatches and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-kpatches
Remove dh-kpatches Configurations and Data
To remove dh-kpatches configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-kpatches
Remove dh-kpatches configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-kpatches configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-kpatches
Dependencies
dh-kpatches have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-kpatches package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
