How To Install libkmod2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkmod2
on Debian 9.
What is libkmod2
libkmod2 is:
This library provides an API for insertion, removal, configuration and listing of kernel modules.
There are three methods to install libkmod2
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 libkmod2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkmod2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkmod2
Install libkmod2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkmod2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkmod2
Install libkmod2 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 libkmod2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkmod2
How To Uninstall libkmod2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libkmod2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkmod2
Uninstall libkmod2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkmod2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkmod2
Remove libkmod2 Configurations and Data
To remove libkmod2
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkmod2
Remove libkmod2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkmod2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkmod2
Dependencies
libkmod2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkmod2
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.