How To Install dkms on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dkms on Ubuntu 20.04. dkms is Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dkms on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is dkms

dkms is:

DKMS is a framework designed to allow individual kernel modules to be upgraded without changing the whole kernel. It is also very easy to rebuild modules as you upgrade kernels.

Package: dkms Architecture: all Version: 2.8.1-5ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Modules Support Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 289 Pre-Depends: lsb-release Depends: kmod | kldutils, gcc | c-compiler, dpkg-dev, make | build-essential, coreutils (>= 7.4), patch Recommends: fakeroot, sudo, linux-headers-686-pae | linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-generic | linux-headers Suggests: menu, e2fsprogs Breaks: shim-signed (« 1.34~) Filename: pool/main/d/dkms/dkms_2.8.1-5ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 66632 MD5sum: 644e15cc2540dd613284a89ae1355084 SHA1: dbc90a2b697918fe2ef53e9de884c1650d9af725 SHA256: f9d460f186b0b41b3d544e45f9b87b865fcaa84023fec16dd2b50af46c523138 Homepage: https://github.com/dell-oss/dkms Description-en: Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework DKMS is a framework designed to allow individual kernel modules to be upgraded without changing the whole kernel. It is also very easy to rebuild modules as you upgrade kernels.

There are three methods to install dkms on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dkms

Install dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dkms

Install 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 dkms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dkms

How To Uninstall dkms on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dkms

Uninstall dkms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dkms

Remove dkms Configurations and Data

To remove dkms configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dkms

Remove dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dkms

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dkms package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.