How to Install and Uninstall kpatch Package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "kpatch" package

This tutorial shows how to install kpatch on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall kpatch on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kpatch
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kpatch package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Package: kpatch
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.0-0ubuntu8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team
Original-Maintainer: Chris J Arges
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 42
Depends: linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-generic
Replaces: kpatch-dkms
Filename: pool/universe/k/kpatch/kpatch_0.8.0-0ubuntu8_amd64.deb
Size: 17284
MD5sum: 5b2c2361b07895322688feae045fb0b0
SHA1: fed82feef51f3c9cfe79482d7852681094ea644a
SHA256: 44ce426553375a586ce7eb52f1e39c5e9f39c56edca91d180821fd42d816cdfd
SHA512: 43c25921a6c96ca8f673d3bb1888f7550a5c0afb27c21943f42cce88d05f628bda89a1223b255ca6053be1c547f35280bce1984699dd33951d7de2a3257d9801
Homepage: http://github.com/dynup/kpatch
Description: Runtime tools for Kpatch
Description-md5: b40bb7cc8d2040c3fd10f40569b93874