How To Install dh-dkms on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-dkms on Debian 12.
What is dh-dkms
dh-dkms is:
DKMS is a framework designed to allow individual kernel modules to be upgraded without changing the whole kernel. It is also very easy to rebuild modules as you upgrade kernels.
This package provides a debhelper add-on ‘dkms’ that simplifies packaging of dkms kernel module source packages.
There are three methods to install dh-dkms on Debian 12. 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-dkms 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-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-dkms
Install dh-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-dkms
Install dh-dkms 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-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-dkms
How To Uninstall dh-dkms on Debian 12
To uninstall only the dh-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-dkms
Uninstall dh-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-dkms
Remove dh-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove dh-dkms configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-dkms
Remove dh-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-dkms
Dependencies
dh-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-dkms package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
