How to Install and Uninstall r8168-dkms Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "r8168-dkms" package

This tutorial shows how to install r8168-dkms on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "r8168-dkms" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall r8168-dkms on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the r8168-dkms package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: r8168-dkms
Priority: extra
Section: universe/kernel
Installed-Size: 1083
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Beckmann
Architecture: all
Source: r8168
Version: 8.041.00-1
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Filename: pool/universe/r/r8168/r8168-dkms_8.041.00-1_all.deb
Size: 85006
MD5sum: c49d3f8a81efdf0572aac4a42384efca
SHA1: a9c4e327b2386cd51867bb2714c2cee3fbdc46a8
SHA256: fdc39632d03865519def20a4130d38908285608a5f671aac40cd1061add1c1f3
Description-en: dkms source for the r8168 network driver
r8168 is the Linux device driver released for RealTek RTL8111B/RTL8168B,
RTL8111/RTL8168, RTL8111C/RTL8111CP/RTL8111D(L), RTL8168C/RTL8111DP/RTL8111E,
RTL8168E/RTL8111F/RTL8411, RTL8111G/RTL8111GUS/RTL8411B(N), RTL8118AS
Gigabit Ethernet controllers with PCI-Express interface.
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This driver should only be used for devices not yet supported by the
in-kernel driver r8169. Please see the README.Debian for instructions how
to report bugs against r8169 that made it necessary to use r8168-dkms.
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Installation of the r8168-dkms package will disable the in-kernel r8169
module. To re-enable r8169, the r8168-dkms package must be purged.
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This package provides the dkms source code for the r8168 kernel modules.
Kernel source or headers are required to compile these modules.
Description-md5: 8668d15ed72464956d49b764ff074620
Homepage: https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu