How to Install and Uninstall kpatch-build Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "kpatch-build" package

This guide let you learn how to install kpatch-build on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kpatch-build
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kpatch-build" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall kpatch-build on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kpatch-build
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kpatch-build package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: kpatch-build
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.3.2-1ubuntu4.2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Source: kpatch
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Chris J Arges
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 143
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libelf1 (>= 0.144), dpkg-dev, debhelper (>= 5), dh-systemd, cpio, kernel-wedge, kmod, makedumpfile, libelf-dev, libnewt-dev, libiberty-dev, rsync, libdw-dev, libpci-dev, pkg-config, flex, bison, libunwind8-dev, openssl, libssl-dev, libaudit-dev, bc, python-dev, gawk, libudev-dev, autoconf, automake, libtool, uuid-dev, xmlto, docbook-utils, ghostscript, transfig, bzip2, sharutils, asciidoc
Suggests: ccache
Filename: pool/universe/k/kpatch/kpatch-build_0.3.2-1ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb
Size: 40432
MD5sum: 1f17b0b3c75f721215107233c3895d43
SHA1: 7664f436cdc3b410443cf85ce7defff8dd6f3c2e
SHA256: 3a07a796e3b043f7f8a3d728e2dac96dff04ca221088f2039ac5f178964c8bd6
SHA512: 8cdb4ecefc7312f0740262c1b09d23e5257063f1010ce436cd6d6d4982fcf2c8c2fcf7b31953e44efd442299b30a358872ee0cf2135b63bf8471baa8d46dfe20
Homepage: http://github.com/dynup/kpatch
Description-en: Build Tools for Kpatch and Livepatch
kpatch-build is a tool that can build both kpatch and livepatch modules from
a given patch.
Description-md5: 53001888ae99d7cf2438fb09765cb4c6

Package: kpatch-build
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Installed-Size: 141
Maintainer: Chris J Arges
Architecture: amd64
Source: kpatch
Version: 0.3.2-1ubuntu4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libelf1 (>= 0.144), dpkg-dev, debhelper (>= 5), dh-systemd, cpio, kernel-wedge, kmod, makedumpfile, libelf-dev, libnewt-dev, libiberty-dev, rsync, libdw-dev, libpci-dev, pkg-config, flex, bison, libunwind8-dev, openssl, libssl-dev, libaudit-dev, bc, python-dev, gawk, libudev-dev, autoconf, automake, libtool, uuid-dev, xmlto, docbook-utils, ghostscript, transfig, bzip2, sharutils, asciidoc
Suggests: ccache
Filename: pool/universe/k/kpatch/kpatch-build_0.3.2-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 39714
MD5sum: 1d1b941dfe7275467886b9be39e9f98c
SHA1: 71eb30f0cae84901a98ba27fcc8a9d378638779c
SHA256: eed5f05f1c8f27db08d836d1e723103ed9cc56f7bd52e71eee0f2289210ff0ee
Description-en: Build Tools for Kpatch and Livepatch
kpatch-build is a tool that can build both kpatch and livepatch modules from
a given patch.
Description-md5: 53001888ae99d7cf2438fb09765cb4c6
Homepage: http://github.com/dynup/kpatch
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu