apt-get Install dkms

How do you install dkms in Linux using apt-get command?

How to Install dkms with apt-get?

Here is a tutorial to learn how to install dkms using apt-get command.

Step 1: Open terminal with su access and enter the command as shown below:
apt-get install dkms -y

Step 2: After completion, the install command exits and instructs the user to restart the running instances of dkms if it is running already.

Result of the Command Execution shown below:

root@hiox:~ apt-get install dkms -y
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libatk1.0 0 libpcsclite1 libjaxp1.3 java gconf2 common libgtk2.0 common
  libgsf 1 common update notifier common libchewing3 data libxcomposite1
  ibus table cangjie libxerces2 java xfonts encodings libxxf86dga1
  libatk1.0 data iso codes scim bridge client gtk language support zh hans
  language support zh hant libsvga1 language support input zh hans
  language support input zh hant unzip libibus1 libxxf86vm1 ibus gtk
  scim modules table python newt language pack zh hant base ibus table wubi
  ibus chewing libx86 1 ibus pinyin gconf2 java common icedtea 6 jre cacao
  python apt libnspr4 0d default jre headless libcairo2 scim znc tcl
  xfonts utils libscim8c2a openjdk 6 jre lib firefox locale zh hans
  firefox locale zh hant libthai data cpu checker librsvg2 common libdatrie1
  openjdk 6 jre headless libavahi common data libchewing3 libxfont1
  libindicator0 libgconf2 4 libffi5 libgtkspell0 libpango1.0 common
  python glade2 libpixman 1 0 libcups2 libggi2 libdbusmenu glib1 libxinerama1
  libgii1 python xdg libxft2 ttf arphic uming libcroco3 tzdata java
  python cairo libdbusmenu gtk1 libgsf 1 114 xfonts wqy libaa1
  scim gtk2 immodule znc perl language support fonts zh hans
  language support fonts zh hant libthai0 python dbus libidl0 libglade2 0
  libzookeeper java im switch libzzip 0 13 python appindicator
  libgii1 target x x ttcidfont conf python gtkspell scim bridge agent tcl8.5
  pinyin database python gobject ttf arphic bsmi00lp libappindicator0
  libperl5.10 ibus pinyin db open phrase language pack zh hans base ibus
  libc ares2 liborbit2 librsvg2 2 libavahi client3 ibus table
  ttf arphic gbsn00lp python support ca certificates java libpango1.0 0
  ttf wqy zenhei libxdamage1 ttf arphic ukai language pack zh hans
  language pack zh hant libxcb render0 libgtk2.0 bin libggi target x
  python ibus znc extra libjson glib 1.0 0 defoma libavahi common3
  liblog4j1.2 java libxcb render util0 libjline java libxrandr2
  indicator application libnss3 1d python gtk2 libgtk2.0 0 scim modules socket
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dkms
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 70.8kB of archives.
After this operation, 475kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://old releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid updates/main dkms 2.1.1.2 2ubuntu1 [70.8kB]
Fetched 70.8kB in 0s (75.0kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package dkms.
(Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5%(Reading database ... 10%(Reading database ... 15%(Reading database ... 20%(Reading database ... 25%(Reading database ... 30%(Reading database ... 35%(Reading database ... 40%(Reading database ... 45%(Reading database ... 50%(Reading database ... 55%(Reading database ... 60%(Reading database ... 65%(Reading database ... 70%(Reading database ... 75%(Reading database ... 80%(Reading database ... 85%(Reading database ... 90%(Reading database ... 95%(Reading database ... 100%(Reading database ... 49891 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.1.1.2 2ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man db ...
Setting up dkms (2.1.1.2 2ubuntu1) ...

root@hiox:~

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