How To Install wireguard-dkms on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireguard-dkms on Debian 10.
What is wireguard-dkms
wireguard-dkms is:
There are three methods to install wireguard-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 wireguard-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 wireguard-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wireguard-dkms
Install wireguard-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wireguard-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wireguard-dkms
Install wireguard-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 wireguard-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wireguard-dkms
How To Uninstall wireguard-dkms on Debian 10
To uninstall only the wireguard-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wireguard-dkms
Uninstall wireguard-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wireguard-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wireguard-dkms
Remove wireguard-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove wireguard-dkms configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wireguard-dkms
Remove wireguard-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wireguard-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wireguard-dkms
Dependencies
wireguard-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireguard-dkms package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.