How To Install kmod on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmod in Fedora 36. kmod is Linux kernel module management utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmod on Fedora 36.

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kmod.

Install kmod on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kmod using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kmod

Install kmod on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 36

To uninstall only the kmod package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kmod

kmod Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/depmod.d
/etc/modprobe.d
/usr/bin/kmod
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/60c411779a9ad86dec38ff6e75d143362735c0
/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 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).