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

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "zfs-dkms" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install zfs-dkms on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall zfs-dkms on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                zfs-dkms
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the zfs-dkms package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: zfs-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 2.0.6-1ubuntu2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/kernel
Source: zfs-linux
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ZFS on Linux maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 17126
Provides: zfs-modules
Depends: dkms (>> 2.1.1.2-5), file, libc6-dev | libc-dev, lsb-release, python3-distutils | libpython3-stdlib (<< 3.6.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl:any
Recommends: zfs-zed, zfsutils-linux (>= 2.0.6-1ubuntu2), linux-libc-dev (<< 5.15~), linux-libc-dev (>= 3.10~)
Suggests: debhelper
Breaks: spl-dkms (<< 0.8.0~rc1)
Replaces: spl-dkms
Filename: pool/universe/z/zfs-linux/zfs-dkms_2.0.6-1ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 2292594
MD5sum: 407876b0c01ab283364d5facddfcbba6
SHA1: 76f0b4fe8d22cebd502d76cb894913fa448e54b2
SHA256: 1bc421808cdc83fb6a7426eb5a950e8f4e9b6d801e4face32a6c3474fdbca922
SHA512: 7645dc9b0686927dd443d98abc403185161d9beb3fb5ed0ef44a31762ee459ba65175bcf69e583bb1423056b5506dfce35a9585dc3bc20c7b5f05996b956b016
Homepage: https://zfsonlinux.org/
Description-en: OpenZFS filesystem kernel modules for Linux
OpenZFS is a storage platform that encompasses the functionality of
traditional filesystems and volume managers. It supports data checksums,
compression, encryption, snapshots, and more.
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This DKMS package includes the SPA, DMU, ZVOL, and ZPL components of
OpenZFS.
Description-md5: 39e75ed3c1d3a5bc9c23ff32d0b5bbe1