How to Install and Uninstall zfs-dkms Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "zfs-dkms" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install zfs-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                zfs-dkms
            
                    
    
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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 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


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

Package: zfs-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.16
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: 14163
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 (>= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.16), 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_0.8.3-1ubuntu12.16_all.deb
Size: 1897072
MD5sum: f500a98d409a4d65b68b3de1c111a65f
SHA1: 7d039c1b7c5d60c91a7d4372545e63986c4d79a8
SHA256: 6c0f7d7efdc353e97c6151b95e8702bb1eafcfd60819b42cdbf6ce0d836393b9
SHA512: 2e9fd667dc423d359285adf24b53590d4a8849e67309057a75944848c37ee27b8ce16df33f130f457f5d72c4f7ee7e472b17d996d34f4c734b6cbe0322344692
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