How to Install and Uninstall zfs-dkms Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "zfs-dkms" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install zfs-dkms on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "zfs-dkms" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall zfs-dkms on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the zfs-dkms package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: zfs-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.14
Priority: extra
Section: universe/kernel
Source: zfs-linux
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ZFS on Linux maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14161
Provides: zfs-modules
Depends: dkms (>> 2.1.1.2-5), file, libc6-dev | libc-dev, lsb-release, python3-distutils | libpython3-stdlib (<< 3.6.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl:any
Recommends: zfs-zed, zfsutils-linux (>= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.14), linux-libc-dev (<< 5.5~), linux-libc-dev (>= 2.6.32~)
Suggests: debhelper
Breaks: spl-dkms (<< 0.8.0~rc1)
Replaces: spl-dkms
Filename: pool/universe/z/zfs-linux/zfs-dkms_0.8.3-1ubuntu12.14_all.deb
Size: 1896156
MD5sum: f164e6dfa31d62c440a3d630e902555e
SHA1: 26c22b38f4ba7ca0624cdd7c30a24b2762da3b33
SHA256: e744e802f6db5266f95b5c263b46cbe211557816f763df06617f5ce5d1c11faf
SHA512: 76f0222d7ff23a2969cd067dea40d29dc665d1522dcd65575ab54606ccd1a943a11d9b65a8b5290df16efe83a570502a8233fc4e821af5207fbcfd8113fa6215
Homepage: https://zfsonlinux.org/
Description: OpenZFS filesystem kernel modules for Linux
Description-md5: c1e6760fc57260785aae3a4a3780013b

Package: zfs-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9
Priority: extra
Section: universe/kernel
Source: zfs-linux
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ZFS on Linux maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14161
Provides: zfs-modules
Depends: dkms (>> 2.1.1.2-5), file, libc6-dev | libc-dev, lsb-release, python3-distutils | libpython3-stdlib (<< 3.6.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl:any
Recommends: zfs-zed, zfsutils-linux (>= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9), linux-libc-dev (<< 5.5~), linux-libc-dev (>= 2.6.32~)
Suggests: debhelper
Breaks: spl-dkms (<< 0.8.0~rc1)
Replaces: spl-dkms
Filename: pool/universe/z/zfs-linux/zfs-dkms_0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9_all.deb
Size: 1896624
MD5sum: 8881410412d1ae38946cd7b5f4f84e28
SHA1: a81c8b272d63594b4c74f894bfedd701529e86ad
SHA256: 20bacda0891b155c89619eb0f1f9ad2e95ac9f0a46b2ff0b4b72b28e35250fb1
SHA512: c710c33efba38a21e669aae4f897ac49f4f31419e3956f0420b873fec3e48ba154f5f984364c5547fff29ad3478cae383cce185d05b6cad15e7736933bfc5865
Homepage: https://zfsonlinux.org/
Description: OpenZFS filesystem kernel modules for Linux
Description-md5: c1e6760fc57260785aae3a4a3780013b

Package: zfs-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 0.8.3-1ubuntu12
Priority: extra
Section: universe/kernel
Source: zfs-linux
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ZFS on Linux maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14093
Provides: zfs-modules
Depends: dkms (>> 2.1.1.2-5), file, libc6-dev | libc-dev, lsb-release, python3-distutils | libpython3-stdlib (<< 3.6.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl:any
Recommends: zfs-zed, zfsutils-linux (>= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12), linux-libc-dev (<< 5.5~), linux-libc-dev (>= 2.6.32~)
Suggests: debhelper
Breaks: spl-dkms (<< 0.8.0~rc1)
Replaces: spl-dkms
Filename: pool/universe/z/zfs-linux/zfs-dkms_0.8.3-1ubuntu12_all.deb
Size: 1885032
MD5sum: 6fa33e341fd21dd54549af07bdb0c417
SHA1: ff9f8f9278a3f21e0db73162171174f21553f36a
SHA256: ea4248d939c6dc3f79510d1278354e07b34d16826ed937c25a43930b6745db7f
Homepage: https://zfsonlinux.org/
Description: OpenZFS filesystem kernel modules for Linux
Description-md5: c1e6760fc57260785aae3a4a3780013b