How to Install and Uninstall apfs-dkms Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "apfs-dkms" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install apfs-dkms on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall apfs-dkms on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                apfs-dkms
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apfs-dkms package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: apfs-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 0.3.2-0ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Source: linux-apfs-rw
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gürkan Myczko
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 918
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Filename: pool/universe/l/linux-apfs-rw/apfs-dkms_0.3.2-0ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 154820
MD5sum: 14b7fc49250141a8781e04c9608c5c43
SHA1: 83033729ba3f7a280f1eb86bf8d978b222a33e64
SHA256: 11950e2130c011ca5a3bebf994830cd4373ec0de38d22d6ddf7af9e8bb749b19
SHA512: 6801e32557ded9383e1f5a6d10199b8b0af8d580e3bec7c276a83b55247dcd58386c0db5abd735368efb352279af482d051b7592ea1d61b6c6b962faa540fb38
Homepage: https://github.com/linux-apfs/linux-apfs-rw
Description: APFS module for linux, with experimental write support
Description-md5: 524415dd69a9fcb505e8d68e2cb00878