How To Install zfs-dkms on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zfs-dkms on Ubuntu.
What is zfs-dkms
zfs-dkms is:
OpenZFS is a storage platform that encompasses the functionality of traditional filesystems and volume managers. It supports data checksums, compression, encryption, snapshots, and more.
This DKMS package includes the SPA, DMU, ZVOL, and ZPL components of OpenZFS.
There are three methods to install zfs-dkms on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zfs-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zfs-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zfs-dkms
Install zfs-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zfs-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zfs-dkms
Install zfs-dkms Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install zfs-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zfs-dkms
How To Uninstall zfs-dkms on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zfs-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zfs-dkms
Uninstall zfs-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zfs-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zfs-dkms
Remove zfs-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove zfs-dkms configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zfs-dkms
Remove zfs-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zfs-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zfs-dkms
Dependencies
zfs-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zfs-dkms package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.