How to Install and Uninstall dh-modaliases Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "dh-modaliases" package

Learn how to install dh-modaliases on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dh-modaliases
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dh-modaliases" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dh-modaliases on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dh-modaliases
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dh-modaliases package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: dh-modaliases
Architecture: all
Version: 1:0.8.9.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: ubuntu-drivers-common
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 48
Depends: perl:any
Enhances: debhelper
Filename: pool/universe/u/ubuntu-drivers-common/dh-modaliases_0.8.9.1_all.deb
Size: 8972
MD5sum: ca9cc56eb8ab8c7e5c9b6442691daf7c
SHA1: 44b59ecfa368570ed33a69e789738d52364989a6
SHA256: 4c39d91c4b260c116cccbc8cadc03acf40e5feef1a8628785b68029ea9ae7e3a
SHA512: b0411c3684bbf802e7c8645f0a2d1fef9551faaea410daa399f77e6692a0041a66fc7b7f0be7a21a156f7ba0d043549d07bf117e272fceaaa996ac2a279ce954
Description-en: debhelper extension for scanning kernel module aliases
dh_modaliases is useful for packages that ship third-party kernel modules,
either in binary form, or as sources (with e. g. DKMS). It extracts the
modules' modaliases from either the compile .ko files themselves (for packages
which ship them in compiled form, using modinfo), or from a package file
debian/packagename.modaliases.
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This enables software which is looking for missing driver packages (such as
Jockey or the operating system installer) to identify which package(s) will
provide a driver for a piece of hardware, identified by its modalias.
Description-md5: 1a811f1261ebf8d94f48be93de246b96