How to Install and Uninstall dkms Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the dkms on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dkms" package

Please follow the steps below to install dkms on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dkms on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dkms package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dkms
Version: 3.0.10-8+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 186
Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Module System Team
Architecture: all
Provides: dkms-autopkgtest (= 3.0.10-8+deb12u1)
Depends: kmod | kldutils, gcc | c-compiler, dpkg-dev, make | build-essential, patch
Pre-Depends: lsb-release
Recommends: fakeroot, sudo, linux-headers-generic | linux-headers-686-pae | linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers
Suggests: menu, e2fsprogs
Breaks: blcr-dkms (<< 0.8.6~b3-1.0), blktap-dkms (<< 2.0.93-0.10.0), oss4-dkms (<< 4.2-build2020-1~), sl-modem-dkms (<< 2.9.11~20110321-16.0)
Description: Dynamic Kernel Module System (DKMS)
Description-md5: 232c475017017fa9b762bad26978f5d1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/dell/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_3.0.10-8+deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 48716
MD5sum: d7ba143de15d19bd6e723875c385371b
SHA256: 12da620048a926afa72f1f46f3477fb9ad3d2a6b3446da56cc43fe1a413b6944