How To Install dkms on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dkms
on Debian 9.
What is dkms
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.
There are three methods to install dkms
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install dkms
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install dkms
using apt
by running the following command:
Install 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.
After updating apt database, We can install dkms
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall dkms on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dkms
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dkms
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
Remove dkms Configurations and Data
To remove dkms
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
Remove dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dkms
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dkms
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.