How to Install and Uninstall dkms Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "dkms" package

Please follow the instructions below to install dkms on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dkms" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dkms on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dkms package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 2.3-3ubuntu9.7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Modules Support Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 284
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
Breaks: shim-signed (<< 1.34~)
Filename: pool/main/d/dkms/dkms_2.3-3ubuntu9.7_all.deb
Size: 68052
MD5sum: 3c4afbffa23b5fbf897d5a65f00b85d5
SHA1: 5ca5bb5fbd8386615fecceab779ce7bf95d2b92b
SHA256: a686f4dca9340cd85ec8ff79da679b67762c5c622fa1c29e86e3cc5707a88827
SHA512: 964e9e484c7da8d9c7b36ff9f853842573abcadb128da84f73ea891bd5b3e66ff8c753aef251cd5b3cf8157ee79198da84eb8b891395e626767efc2309e2cdc1
Homepage: https://github.com/dell-oss/dkms
Description: Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
Description-md5: b7b6bb6a6b083b2245e0648e7752a459
Supported: 5y

Package: dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 2.3-3ubuntu9
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Modules Support Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 284
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
Breaks: shim-signed (<< 1.34~)
Filename: pool/main/d/dkms/dkms_2.3-3ubuntu9_all.deb
Size: 68176
MD5sum: 20ea6ee4c1ee9ef16ae3d05511e34ec1
SHA1: aa73940acee518d1201f7f03f8e471c3546da489
SHA256: 4e1becd42e3b445094a8fe47c3f9e00acd4bf7e1568a3da6ac28207fb7080aae
Homepage: https://github.com/dell-oss/dkms
Description: Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
Description-md5: b7b6bb6a6b083b2245e0648e7752a459
Supported: 5y