How to Install and Uninstall dkms Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "dkms" package

This tutorial shows how to install dkms on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dkms" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall dkms on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dkms
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dkms package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: dkms
Version: 2.6.1-4
Installed-Size: 278
Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Modules Support Team
Architecture: all
Depends: kmod | kldutils, gcc, dpkg-dev, make | build-essential, coreutils (>= 7.4), patch
Recommends: fakeroot, sudo, linux-headers-686-pae | linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-generic | linux-headers, lsb-release
Suggests: python3-apport, menu
Description: Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
Description-md5: b7b6bb6a6b083b2245e0648e7752a459
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/dell-oss/dkms
Tag: admin::kernel, devel::buildtools, devel::lang:c, devel::library,
devel::packaging, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::shell,
interface::commandline, role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility,
suite::debian, works-with::software:source
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dkms/dkms_2.6.1-4_all.deb
Size: 74448
MD5sum: 51fde1eb27bbc882e712a6856d52d90e
SHA256: db0ad21f88c65656f6e536b69f008bd83cae5b4a540ae9286783c7ae04a92658