How To Install akmods on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install akmods on Rocky Linux 8.
What is akmods
Akmods startup script will rebuild akmod packages during system boot while its background daemon will build them for kernels right after they were installed.
We can use yum or dnf to install akmods on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install akmods.
Install akmods on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install akmods using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install akmods
Install akmods on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install akmods using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install akmods
How To Uninstall akmods on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the akmods package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove akmods
akmods Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/akmodsposttrans
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/95-akmodsposttrans.install
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/95-akmods.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system/akmods-shutdown.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/akmods.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/akmods
/usr/sbin/akmods-ostree-post
/usr/sbin/akmods-shutdown
/usr/sbin/akmodsbuild
/usr/share/doc/akmods
/usr/share/doc/akmods/README
/usr/share/licenses/akmods
/usr/share/licenses/akmods/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/akmods.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/akmodsbuild.1.gz
/usr/src/akmods
/var/cache/akmods
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install akmods on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.