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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "kmod" package

This is a short guide on how to install kmod on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall kmod on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: kmod
Architecture: amd64
Version: 28-1ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 255
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libkmod2 (= 28-1ubuntu2), lsb-base
Filename: pool/main/k/kmod/kmod_28-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 94776
MD5sum: bccf2d6e06559cbd0b0eb992c6bf1086
SHA1: 309eaf131ce9e4d1daa91a13d37fb514d7a1c298
SHA256: fb744c4f7f3041d0308644119c8430dd903111552e2ea4fc2256ccbfb6c31fb0
SHA512: fd10ff28c5b1e337ce426d8e433b1769430b2f849cc812d8b0372c10ee3f47faf3351790cbf0f6433c7e1a228a150942393cd10c1d245cf93b4bb684f7f95736
Description-en: tools for managing Linux kernel modules
This package contains a set of programs for loading, inserting, and
removing kernel modules for Linux.
It replaces module-init-tools.
Description-md5: 0cd8f9566ff621a593309a12fd64999f
Task: minimal