How To Install kmod on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmod on Fedora 34.
What is kmod
The kmod package provides various programs needed for automatic loading and unloading of modules under 2.6, 3.x, and later kernels, as well as other module management programs. Device drivers and filesystems are two examples of loaded and unloaded modules.
We can use yum or dnf to install kmod on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kmod.
Install kmod 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 kmod using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kmod
Install kmod 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 kmod using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kmod
How To Uninstall kmod on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the kmod package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kmod
kmod Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/depmod.d
/etc/modprobe.d
/usr/bin/kmod
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/02dfb9ef9b4f41f4ecfdeecd9f6c714fa950b6
/usr/lib/modprobe.d
/usr/sbin/depmod
/usr/sbin/insmod
/usr/sbin/lsmod
/usr/sbin/modinfo
/usr/sbin/modprobe
/usr/sbin/rmmod
/usr/sbin/weak-modules
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/kmod
/usr/share/doc/kmod
/usr/share/doc/kmod/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/kmod/README
/usr/share/doc/kmod/TODO
/usr/share/man/man5/depmod.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/modprobe.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/modprobe.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/modules.dep.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/modules.dep.bin.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/depmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/insmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lsmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/modinfo.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/modprobe.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rmmod.8.gz
/etc/depmod.d
/etc/modprobe.d
/usr/bin/kmod
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/146a96477fa64e2f7b23f500230b3799b915b2
/usr/lib/modprobe.d
/usr/sbin/depmod
/usr/sbin/insmod
/usr/sbin/lsmod
/usr/sbin/modinfo
/usr/sbin/modprobe
/usr/sbin/rmmod
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/kmod
/usr/share/doc/kmod
/usr/share/doc/kmod/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/kmod/README
/usr/share/doc/kmod/TODO
/usr/share/man/man5/depmod.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/modprobe.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/modprobe.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/modules.dep.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/modules.dep.bin.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/depmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/insmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lsmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/modinfo.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/modprobe.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rmmod.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmod on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.