How to Install and Uninstall dkms Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "dkms" package

Please follow the guidance below to install dkms on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall dkms on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 2.8.4-4ubuntu1
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: 296
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_2.8.4-4ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 69556
MD5sum: 7e9bfa5e0bd77c2b29444cbd8d221643
SHA1: 260033f7e40dea11d8fb67fedf9a10b25ec7ac43
SHA256: 8718321af4e82deeec4143bf1369505c81a75032056c851ba37e7c61343e8937
SHA512: 5cdbdd46cab4662d5a120327d3dc78bc147fa1ee8a11b37f5838bd089a81b390db4303158219df6a183576350982dbcb9d08500a9ba4b9292e3f569c551e48eb
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