How To Install oss4-dkms on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oss4-dkms on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is oss4-dkms
oss4-dkms is:
This package contains the source for the OSS4 kernel modules, packaged with approriate configuration for DKMS to build new modules dynamically.
There are three methods to install oss4-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 oss4-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 oss4-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oss4-dkms
Install oss4-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oss4-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oss4-dkms
Install oss4-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 oss4-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oss4-dkms
How To Uninstall oss4-dkms on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the oss4-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oss4-dkms
Uninstall oss4-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oss4-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oss4-dkms
Remove oss4-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove oss4-dkms configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oss4-dkms
Remove oss4-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oss4-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oss4-dkms
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oss4-dkms package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
