How to Install and Uninstall kpatch-build Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "kpatch-build" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install kpatch-build on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall kpatch-build on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kpatch-build
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kpatch-build package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: kpatch-build
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.0-0ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Source: kpatch
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team
Original-Maintainer: Chris J Arges
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 248
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libelf1 (>= 0.144), dpkg-dev, debhelper (>= 5), dh-systemd, cpio, kernel-wedge, kmod, makedumpfile, libelf-dev, devscripts, libnewt-dev, libiberty-dev, rsync, libdw-dev, libpci-dev, pkg-config, flex, bison, libunwind8-dev, openssl, libssl-dev, libaudit-dev, bc, python2-dev, gawk, libudev-dev, autoconf, automake, libtool, uuid-dev, xmlto, docbook-utils, ghostscript, transfig, bzip2, sharutils, asciidoc, elfutils
Suggests: ccache
Filename: pool/universe/k/kpatch/kpatch-build_0.8.0-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 57468
MD5sum: 33f64ffb30783459501fcb50730619d1
SHA1: aad9a9d4934ae7121dc68a23cb00865ff3a44dd0
SHA256: c54f19a3ad8fbe666e4b0a1c9e88a08e072528de452f998b43ad985445abcc85
Homepage: http://github.com/dynup/kpatch
Description: Build Tools for Kpatch and Livepatch
Description-md5: 53001888ae99d7cf2438fb09765cb4c6