How To Install vpoll-dkms on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vpoll-dkms on Kali Linux.

What is vpoll-dkms

vpoll-dkms is:

This kernel module creates the vpoll device for libvpoll. This package provides the source code for the vpoll kernel module and makes use of the DKMS build utility to install it for the running kernel.

There are three methods to install vpoll-dkms on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vpoll-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 vpoll-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vpoll-dkms

Install vpoll-dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vpoll-dkms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vpoll-dkms

Install vpoll-dkms Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install vpoll-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vpoll-dkms

How To Uninstall vpoll-dkms on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vpoll-dkms

Uninstall vpoll-dkms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vpoll-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vpoll-dkms

Remove vpoll-dkms Configurations and Data

To remove vpoll-dkms configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vpoll-dkms

Remove vpoll-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vpoll-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vpoll-dkms

Dependencies

vpoll-dkms have the following dependencies:

• dkms

References

• vpoll-dkms website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vpoll-dkms package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.