How To Install dkms on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dkms on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dkms.

Install dkms 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 dkms using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dkms

Install dkms 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 dkms using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dkms

How To Uninstall dkms on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dkms

dkms Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/dkms
/etc/dkms/framework.conf
/etc/dkms/kernel_install.d_dkms
/etc/dkms/sign_helper.sh
/etc/dkms/template-dkms-mkrpm.spec
/etc/dkms/template-dkms-redhat-kmod.spec
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms
/etc/kernel/prerm.d/dkms
/usr/lib/dkms
/usr/lib/dkms/common.postinst
/usr/lib/dkms/dkms_autoinstaller
/usr/lib/dkms/find-provides
/usr/lib/dkms/lsb_release
/usr/lib/dkms/mkkerneldoth
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/40-dkms.install
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dkms.service
/usr/sbin/dkms
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dkms
/usr/share/doc/dkms
/usr/share/doc/dkms/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dkms/README.md
/usr/share/doc/dkms/sample.conf
/usr/share/doc/dkms/sample.spec
/usr/share/licenses/dkms
/usr/share/licenses/dkms/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/dkms.8.gz
/var/lib/dkms
/var/lib/dkms/dkms_dbversion

References

• dkms website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dkms on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.