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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "kmod" package

This guide let you learn how to install kmod on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall kmod on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: kmod
Architecture: amd64
Version: 28-1ubuntu4
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: 251
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libzstd1 (>= 1.4.0), libkmod2 (= 28-1ubuntu4), lsb-base
Filename: pool/main/k/kmod/kmod_28-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 95652
MD5sum: 7b3a25747c49dcd947e57139d60e4088
SHA1: 263c0d588521fa87dd3a66f53d51974f13952d22
SHA256: 0687af7999fa7ed8d52e0aa53d6d6623396aba42a6577ad146eea293e5892310
SHA512: 3b7b9ef96e1a3dd19d6428066125e3b2fd30cb4a6dbb4ec8ee798d07f32a3a608390c560942b2d5ed2e7709d38db2474293b97f5e7c99f822f9ed2177f2956e8
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, server-minimal