How To Install dkms on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dkms
on CentOS 7.
What is dkms
This package contains the framework for the Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) method for installing module RPMS as originally developed by Dell.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install dkms
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dkms.
Install dkms on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install dkms
using yum
by running the following command:
Install dkms on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install dkms
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall dkms on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the dkms
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dkms
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.