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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "kmod" package

This tutorial shows how to install kmod on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall kmod on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: kmod
Architecture: amd64
Version: 24-1ubuntu3.5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 232
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libkmod2 (= 24-1ubuntu3.5), lsb-base
Breaks: oss-compat (= 4)
Filename: pool/main/k/kmod/kmod_24-1ubuntu3.5_amd64.deb
Size: 88796
MD5sum: 0fb1bc3457e93aef97b12c988e027355
SHA1: 97a34d3b7a6124f1b8f74b2bc06bc54ddde17c82
SHA256: 95c7b910461c543322289239749a3afccc3617ab9506d708cef617d408bcd815
SHA512: 6105ea73d8adeac1f95ccd0b2500368a649c4982d8323cbbd2dd61b9b1db4b8ef89ff5d7698867130ed0229dc3cd5160f7a842d2f4539c73dee738430072c4d0
Description: tools for managing Linux kernel modules
Description-md5: 0cd8f9566ff621a593309a12fd64999f
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: kmod
Architecture: amd64
Version: 24-1ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 232
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libkmod2 (= 24-1ubuntu3), lsb-base
Breaks: oss-compat (= 4)
Filename: pool/main/k/kmod/kmod_24-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 88620
MD5sum: d0349b7194f402267eaa390c4445e123
SHA1: 3e0cf61312d2e251531a659940e0e47f1165fc1a
SHA256: dd301699c7f78284d1379420ffee51a08f029a1adca757dd06cac6d66a25484d
Description: tools for managing Linux kernel modules
Description-md5: 0cd8f9566ff621a593309a12fd64999f
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y