How to Install and Uninstall kpatch-build Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "kpatch-build" package

Please follow the steps below to install kpatch-build on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kpatch-build
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kpatch-build" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall kpatch-build on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: kpatch-build
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.0-0ubuntu7
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Source: kpatch
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team
Original-Maintainer: Chris J Arges
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 249
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libelf1 (>= 0.144), dpkg-dev, debhelper (>= 10), cpio, kernel-wedge, kmod, makedumpfile, libelf-dev, devscripts, libnewt-dev, libiberty-dev, rsync, libdw-dev, libpci-dev, pkg-config, flex, bison, libunwind8-dev, openssl, libssl-dev, libaudit-dev, bc, python2-dev, gawk, libudev-dev, autoconf, automake, libtool, uuid-dev, xmlto, docbook-utils, ghostscript, transfig, bzip2, sharutils, asciidoc, elfutils
Suggests: ccache
Filename: pool/universe/k/kpatch/kpatch-build_0.8.0-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 57440
MD5sum: b4ff912ca90cbdf6e535068e4aef9c20
SHA1: e0c3ddc68c4f5b82380d2818484304336ebaf91d
SHA256: 88d8bd837370599fcb545bd40386c98ecc02470122dec70958b8a6866fca9fff
SHA512: a542a3bdda79f510b2f437233d08407ab29eb294663057d2e49f4c8039c84f69440f64c457968cc66a9c6b53a7f2551a578e569d836dcbd6a17743f57a98755e
Homepage: http://github.com/dynup/kpatch
Description-en: Build Tools for Kpatch and Livepatch
kpatch-build is a tool that can build both kpatch and livepatch modules from
a given patch.
Description-md5: 53001888ae99d7cf2438fb09765cb4c6