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

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "kpatch-dkms" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install kpatch-dkms on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall kpatch-dkms on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: kpatch-dkms
Source: kpatch
Version: 0.6.0-0.2
Installed-Size: 60
Maintainer: Chris J Arges
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0), linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-generic
Description: DKMS module for Kpatch
Description-md5: 89ee835f78cde08950b763e13c581063
Homepage: http://github.com/dynup/kpatch
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kpatch/kpatch-dkms_0.6.0-0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 13396
MD5sum: 5025acf6541d05bc61788a531f5026b8
SHA256: 5c6ac6be2f6ac5dfc61815008e5a3bcb094381dc6f7fc7811dff6fbd7c315230