How to Install and Uninstall dkms Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 16,2024

You can also install and uninstall the dkms on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "dkms" package

Learn how to install dkms on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dkms" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall dkms on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dkms package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 2.8.7-2ubuntu2.2
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: 295
Provides: dh-sequence-dkms
Pre-Depends: lsb-release
Depends: kmod | kldutils, gcc, gcc-12, 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_2.8.7-2ubuntu2.2_all.deb
Size: 70130
MD5sum: 19e431299038b83a3146d8cca64af532
SHA1: 7f1909cc371e12d76b9dd24cd3ce813b7d7b89cc
SHA256: 0af1ca1ba81ba8680332300838273d43c449a4d549fd992c70c8f64a9462ad74
SHA512: 59e79360f3bb7fe1c7af779a84f6d67b1067ace2151013adfde2b206e1f3395090f9b8798d1fe41f15237f85bd9d9185621f4f33d57d63b1e40668e825a3bdfd
Homepage: https://github.com/dell-oss/dkms
Description: Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
Description-md5: b7b6bb6a6b083b2245e0648e7752a459
Task: ubuntustudio-video

Package: dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 2.8.7-2ubuntu2
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: 294
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_2.8.7-2ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 69648
MD5sum: c39c4b4e5ca0a8fba0dc38e5549e529d
SHA1: 70f7de86ad0f0b75353a9c1bcd8267f4928b5a4f
SHA256: de6eae0b6df237df95595e99ce5b65329acc937c14e20974f3d68f53d814cc94
SHA512: c390833b2dd4aea7d149737facc0ed3b7997c45197aed201d6ebd6c392c403df9d86e9e1c5642c272f426c6b419f2e71184f1a5e8ec3af385313a4474828ed4d
Homepage: https://github.com/dell-oss/dkms
Description: Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
Description-md5: b7b6bb6a6b083b2245e0648e7752a459
Task: ubuntustudio-video