How to Install and Uninstall kmod Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "kmod" package

Please follow the instructions below to install kmod on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall kmod on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: kmod
Architecture: amd64
Version: 22-1ubuntu5.2
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: 237
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libkmod2 (= 22-1ubuntu5.2), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7)
Breaks: oss-compat (= 4)
Filename: pool/main/k/kmod/kmod_22-1ubuntu5.2_amd64.deb
Size: 88594
MD5sum: b313d8b54d0faefe1d059cb0ed6c1930
SHA1: 96e2364ede248244f147e8dbae827a4a0fc84706
SHA256: abbeea17171a72a6271eedeab182ae224489f9f8a5c817140151bb1d7f4b34d0
SHA512: 26f58c50e7b7a229082e563a53568bfbd67bd6d7cb48135ae923942f3333b5382f281d4cc09368f23c92bbd8c40e137d7e1fa8710d8a4d5784980145f75f0d97
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, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: kmod
Architecture: amd64
Version: 22-1ubuntu5
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: 237
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libkmod2 (= 22-1ubuntu5), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7)
Breaks: oss-compat (= 4)
Filename: pool/main/k/kmod/kmod_22-1ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 88648
MD5sum: 5dfbee0af771d9865d627ace83db5e47
SHA1: c978eb38cbcda669e7be7e21f399cc014f685ec5
SHA256: c6efab895a19b70994de2262b857cb6edd7647715d332299c490a6de1b9af9d1
SHA512: 6742a9a71398927e6bffe5a8e87e94a5b9c69da3748ce56bd6188a28eb205b2cf6e77c04494e4eecb44e0a8efb960d276afb56f368996e63d4a792fc7947124a
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, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: kmod
Priority: important
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 241
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Architecture: amd64
Version: 22-1ubuntu4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libkmod2 (= 22-1ubuntu4), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7)
Breaks: oss-compat (= 4)
Filename: pool/main/k/kmod/kmod_22-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 89122
MD5sum: bcfb58ca2dbc2f77137193b73c61590d
SHA1: 539d2410d0182f212b78a67b649135507c9fd9bb
SHA256: a65398f087ad47192e728ecbffe92e0363c03d229d72dc1d2f8b409880c9d0ea
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-sdk