How to Install and Uninstall r8168-dkms Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "r8168-dkms" package

Please follow the steps below to install r8168-dkms on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "r8168-dkms" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall r8168-dkms on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                r8168-dkms
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the r8168-dkms package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: r8168-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 8.048.03-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/kernel
Source: r8168
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Beckmann
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1356
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Filename: pool/universe/r/r8168/r8168-dkms_8.048.03-1_all.deb
Size: 98588
MD5sum: 43dcd965b3441b4d72af30a383a74eb0
SHA1: 12b8d864c9b093af34622000092b6f678a2f23ad
SHA256: 2ce783ec9cbcba780bb025b94dbfae7c564c70441b9903336b17297dc99d6598
SHA512: 627d6dd375122661bbc10d6f65517f48bacb769d821ab03f5199fe4ea24074709221c98a60ee44a7f8c30f8f61407a78b37806e2fa7f3dff500a657f7459a092
Homepage: https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/network-interface-controllers-10-100-1000m-gigabit-ethernet-pci-express-software
Description-en: dkms source for the r8168 network driver
r8168 is the Linux device driver released by RealTek for their network
controllers with PCI-Express interface:
* 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet: RTL8111B, RTL8111C, RTL8111D, RTL8111E,
RTL8111F, RTL8111G(S), RTL8111H(S), RTL8118(A)(S), RTL8119i, RTL8111L,
RTL8168B, RTL8168E, RTL8168H, RTL8111DP, RTL8111EP, RTL8111FP, RTL8411,
RTL8411B
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This driver should only be used for devices not yet supported by the
in-kernel driver r8169. Please see the README.Debian for instructions how
to report bugs against r8169 that made it necessary to use r8168-dkms.
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Installation of the r8168-dkms package will disable the in-kernel r8169
module. To re-enable r8169, the r8168-dkms package must be purged.
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This package provides the dkms source code for the r8168 kernel modules.
Kernel source or headers are required to compile these modules.
Description-md5: eaa28982dd31d75e907229d8fbe767db