How To Install kpatch-dkms on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kpatch-dkms on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kpatch-dkms package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
