Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install akmods on CentOS 8.
What is akmods
Akmods startup script will rebuild akmod packages during system boot while its background daemon will build them for kernels right after they were installed.
We can use yum or dnf to install akmods on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install akmods.
Install akmods on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install akmods using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install akmods
Install akmods on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install akmods using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install akmods
How To Uninstall akmods on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the akmods package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove akmods
akmods Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/akmodsposttrans
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/95-akmodsposttrans.install
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/95-akmods.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system/akmods-shutdown.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/akmods.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/akmods
/usr/sbin/akmods-ostree-post
/usr/sbin/akmods-shutdown
/usr/sbin/akmodsbuild
/usr/share/doc/akmods
/usr/share/doc/akmods/README
/usr/share/licenses/akmods
/usr/share/licenses/akmods/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/akmods.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/akmodsbuild.1.gz
/usr/src/akmods
/var/cache/akmods
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install akmods on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
