How to Install and Uninstall dkms Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "dkms" package

This tutorial shows how to install dkms on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dkms
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dkms" package

Learn how to uninstall dkms on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 2.8.4-4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Modules Support Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 295
Provides: dh-sequence-dkms
Pre-Depends: lsb-release
Depends: kmod | kldutils, gcc | c-compiler, dpkg-dev, make | build-essential, coreutils (>= 7.4), patch, dctrl-tools
Recommends: fakeroot, sudo, linux-headers-686-pae | linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-generic | linux-headers
Suggests: menu, e2fsprogs
Breaks: shim-signed (<< 1.34~)
Filename: pool/main/d/dkms/dkms_2.8.4-4_all.deb
Size: 68272
MD5sum: fd82c4ccf552724e09b2c6b021b47fbe
SHA1: 3c196801c6bbdcae048cc77c14cb3d02d3ad59d0
SHA256: c5955528fded89822835c2fb73ad165d54c4ce774f9889035b58a6ce0695270f
SHA512: 159c05f29f8051d4d7d4fb214fe85243981b98f1ff39f33a2325484e36ad90c0eeec96ef1424aeb6b12d87a9906fec94ba17f7d643b01b48adb352697c0fd553
Homepage: https://github.com/dell-oss/dkms
Description-en: Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
DKMS is a framework designed to allow individual kernel modules to be upgraded
without changing the whole kernel. It is also very easy to rebuild modules as
you upgrade kernels.
Description-md5: b7b6bb6a6b083b2245e0648e7752a459
Task: ubuntustudio-video