Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spl-dkms on Kali Linux.
What is spl-dkms
spl-dkms is:
The Solaris Porting Layer (SPL) is a Linux kernel module which provides
many of the Solaris kernel APIs. This shim layer makes it possible to
run Solaris kernel code in the Linux kernel with relatively minimal
modification. The Solaris Porting LAyer Tests (SPLAT) is a Linux kernel
module which provides a testing harness for the SPL module.
SPL can be particularly useful when you want to track upstream Illumos
(or any other OpenSolaris fork) development closely and don’t want the
overhead of maintaining a large patch which converts Solaris primitives
to Linux primitives.
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
SPL dkms files had been merged into zfs-dkms as of ZFS 0.8.X series.
There are three methods to install spl-dkms on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install spl-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install spl-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spl-dkmsInstall spl-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spl-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spl-dkmsInstall spl-dkms Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install spl-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spl-dkms
How To Uninstall spl-dkms on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the spl-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spl-dkms
Uninstall spl-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spl-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spl-dkms
Remove spl-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove spl-dkms configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spl-dkms
Remove spl-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spl-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spl-dkms
Dependencies
spl-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spl-dkms package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
