How to Install r8168-dkms software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install r8168-dkms software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

r8168-dkms software package provides dkms source for the r8168 network driver, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install r8168-dkms 

r8168-dkms is installed in your system.

Make ensure the r8168-dkms package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep r8168-dkms *

You will get with r8168-dkms package name, version, architecture and description in a table

r8168-dkms package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Kernels
Package r8168-dkms
Version 8.037.00-1
Description dkms source for the r8168 network driver
Sub Section Kernels


See Also, How to uninstall or remove r8168-dkms software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?