How to Install and Uninstall backport-iwlwifi-dkms Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "backport-iwlwifi-dkms" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install backport-iwlwifi-dkms on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "backport-iwlwifi-dkms" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall backport-iwlwifi-dkms on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the backport-iwlwifi-dkms package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: backport-iwlwifi-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 8613-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: You-Sheng Yang
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 10062
Provides: iwlwifi-modules
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/backport-iwlwifi-dkms/backport-iwlwifi-dkms_8613-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 1605940
MD5sum: 3d45ca43880702666342c8d06475c6de
SHA1: 0d82be926a4aac9c0ce3c955ed670fd57e3a0125
SHA256: 74e280dc8bc9d5ccab05d954b94f51f761639efb06baa2e2a5b429b01ea46aad
SHA512: f567fbfe6033119bb34089749447387cdf48ce3f7203ee91f5117a232299edbbefc75530056fb7a16372267a2a30819e90575de9d222117e61c58f19497cbd2c
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/vicamo/backport-iwlwifi-dkms
Description-en: iwlwifi driver backport in DKMS format
Intel works with periodic releases of the iwlwifi driver that are
tested with a specific combination of components such as firmware and
hostap. These releases can be seen as snapshots of the development
trees (including upstream) that can be used on older kernels.
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This package provides iwlwifi modules built from iwlwifi-public
defconfig based on upstream master branch.
Description-md5: 3fea51b673a87cb9951330bfdfa9cc73