How To Install kpatch-dkms on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kpatch-dkms on Debian 10.
What is kpatch-dkms
kpatch-dkms is:
This package contains the Kpatch module built with DKMS. It installs the source and makefiles into the appropriate locations in order to handle various kernel versions.
There are three methods to install kpatch-dkms on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kpatch-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 kpatch-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kpatch-dkms
Install kpatch-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kpatch-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kpatch-dkms
Install kpatch-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 kpatch-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kpatch-dkms
How To Uninstall kpatch-dkms on Debian 10
To uninstall only the kpatch-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kpatch-dkms
Uninstall kpatch-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kpatch-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kpatch-dkms
Remove kpatch-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove kpatch-dkms configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kpatch-dkms
Remove kpatch-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kpatch-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kpatch-dkms
Dependencies
kpatch-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kpatch-dkms package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.