How To Install kernel-patch-scripts on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-patch-scripts on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kernel-patch-scripts
kernel-patch-scripts is:
This package contains scripts useful to people making use of the various kernel-patch packages. It currently contains:
- lskpatches: a tool that lists installed patches, and gives useful information about them.
There are three methods to install kernel-patch-scripts on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kernel-patch-scripts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kernel-patch-scripts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kernel-patch-scripts
Install kernel-patch-scripts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kernel-patch-scripts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kernel-patch-scripts
Install kernel-patch-scripts 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kernel-patch-scripts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kernel-patch-scripts
How To Uninstall kernel-patch-scripts on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kernel-patch-scripts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kernel-patch-scripts
Uninstall kernel-patch-scripts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kernel-patch-scripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kernel-patch-scripts
Remove kernel-patch-scripts Configurations and Data
To remove kernel-patch-scripts configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kernel-patch-scripts
Remove kernel-patch-scripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kernel-patch-scripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kernel-patch-scripts
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-patch-scripts package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
