How to Install and Uninstall dkms Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: September 19,2024

1. Install "dkms" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dkms on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

Learn how to uninstall dkms on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 3.0.6-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Module System Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 186
Pre-Depends: lsb-release
Depends: kmod | kldutils, gcc | c-compiler, dpkg-dev, make | build-essential, patch, dctrl-tools, dh-dkms (= 3.0.6-2)
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_3.0.6-2_all.deb
Size: 41438
MD5sum: dc2d0fc6858bab60d55aaa576c967a31
SHA1: def69dc9ac8402d21e685bc616184052cd16f686
SHA256: d9d7a4e223ae579bd3d7659395985b55c5efdf19d16b690d4524c4dca33133e5
SHA512: 2c725e4e47253f95ceb799022640163abf181ace432c879ea4feb3902116ccda73e9c12fe57bd6bf7134271beff3e3f6139f75f36ee29405c2eaeeed6d7394d5
Homepage: https://github.com/dell/dkms
Description: Dynamic Kernel Module System (DKMS)
Description-md5: 232c475017017fa9b762bad26978f5d1