How to Install kpatch-dkms software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install kpatch-dkms software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

kpatch-dkms software package provides DKMS module for Kpatch, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

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

kpatch-dkms is installed in your system.

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

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

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

kpatch-dkms package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Kernels
Package kpatch-dkms
Version 0.3.2-1ubuntu4
Description DKMS module for Kpatch
Sub Section Kernels


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