Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install kmod

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add kmod

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · kmod · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install kmod

Debian stable package indexes · kmod · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install kmod

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · kmod · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#kmod

nixpkgs package indexes · kmod · Quelle: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S kmod

Arch Linux sync databases · kmod · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install kmod

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · kmod · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Linux kernel module handling

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

depmod
insmod
kmod
lsmod
modinfo
modprobe
rmmod

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

kmod is the Linux userspace module-management suite and library that replaced module-init-tools after that project reached end of life in 2011. It provides the familiar `depmod`, `insmod`, `lsmod`, `modinfo`, `modprobe`, and `rmmod` commands on top of libkmod.

Projektgeschichte

The kmod README states the project's goal directly: handle common Linux kernel module tasks and remain compatible with the tools, configurations, and indexes from module-init-tools. Its early NEWS entries show that version 1 provided libkmod plus module-init-tools-style command names, version 2 expanded modprobe compatibility, and version 3 bundled tools through a single `kmod` binary callable through symlinks.

That library-centered rewrite mattered because Linux systems had grown a complex set of module indexes, aliases, soft dependencies, compressed modules, and initramfs constraints. kmod turned those concerns into libkmod APIs consumed by command-line tools and by other system software.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Distributions adopted kmod as the drop-in successor to module-init-tools during the early 2010s. Arch Linux announced the switch on 2012-01-21, and the kmod README records that later behavior changes and features followed feedback from the Linux kernel community and distributions.

Wie es verwendet wird

Administrators and boot-time services use kmod tools to query loaded modules, generate dependency indexes, inspect module metadata, load modules by alias or name, and remove modules. Configuration is driven by modprobe-style `.conf` files under Linux module configuration directories, while credentials are not part of the tool model.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

kmod is foundational packaging infrastructure: it is a small package whose binaries often exist in `/sbin` or `/usr/bin`, but it participates in boot, initramfs generation, kernel upgrades, device probing, and driver packaging. Its symlinked multi-call command design also makes it a neat example of replacing legacy utilities while preserving the command surface scripts expect.

Zeitleiste

2011: module-init-tools reached end of life, according to the kmod README.
2011: kmod 1 shipped the first libkmod and module-init-tools-style tools.
2011: kmod 3 added depmod and the single `kmod` binary with symlink-compatible tool names.
2012-01-21: Arch Linux announced kmod replacing module-init-tools.
2026: kmod 34 NEWS described Meson transition work, dlopen-based decompression libraries, shell completions, CI hardening, and documentation improvements.

Related projects

kmod is directly related to module-init-tools, the Linux kernel module loader interfaces, udev/systemd module-loading paths, initramfs tooling, and package scripts that regenerate module dependency indexes after kernel or driver installs.

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Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

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Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 2 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 4 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
Build-Metadaten listen 4 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf/run/modprobe.d/*.conf/usr/local/lib/modprobe.d/*.conf/lib/modprobe.d/*.conf

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`depmod`	cli	globales Executable
`insmod`	cli	globales Executable
`kmod`	cli	globales Executable
`lsmod`	cli	globales Executable
`modinfo`	cli	globales Executable
`modprobe`	cli	globales Executable
`rmmod`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-08

Manager-Version34.2

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmodnone Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:kmod
Version	34.2
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kmod
Homepage	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
Repository	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git/tree/README.md
Lizenz	LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod-34.2.tar.xz
Abhängigkeiten	openssl@3, xz, zlib-ng-compat, zstd
Build-Abhängigkeiten	meson, ninja, pkgconf, scdoc
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	kmod
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Requirements	linux
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

kmod 34.2-2

tools for managing Linux kernel modules

sudo apt install kmod

Section: admin
Architecture: amd64
3 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: kmod from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

libkmod-dev 34.2-2

libkmod development files

sudo apt install libkmod-dev

Section: libdevel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: kmod
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libkmod-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

libkmod2 34.2-2

libkmod shared library

sudo apt install libkmod2

Section: libs
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: kmod
2 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libkmod2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

kmod

nix profile install nixpkgs#kmod

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: kmod from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

Ubuntu apt95%

kmod 31+20240202-2ubuntu7

tools for managing Linux kernel modules

sudo apt install kmod

Section: admin
Architecture: amd64
5 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: kmod from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

libkmod-dev 31+20240202-2ubuntu7

libkmod development files

sudo apt install libkmod-dev

Section: libdevel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: kmod
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libkmod-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

libkmod2 31+20240202-2ubuntu7

libkmod shared library

sudo apt install libkmod2

Section: libs
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: kmod
4 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libkmod2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

kmod 34.2-r1

Linux kernel module management utilities

http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary

sudo apk add kmod

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: kmod
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

kmod-bash-completion 34.2-r1

Bash completions for kmod

http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary

sudo apk add kmod-bash-completion

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: kmod
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

kmod-dev 34.2-r1

Linux kernel module management utilities (development files)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary

sudo apk add kmod-dev

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: kmod
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

kmod-doc 34.2-r1

Linux kernel module management utilities (documentation)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary

sudo apk add kmod-doc

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: kmod
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

kmod-fish-completion 34.2-r1

Fish completions for kmod

http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary

sudo apk add kmod-fish-completion

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: kmod
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

kmod-libs 34.2-r1

Linux kernel module management utilities (libraries)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary

sudo apk add kmod-libs

License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: kmod
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

kmod-zsh-completion 34.2-r1

Zsh completions for kmod

http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary

sudo apk add kmod-zsh-completion

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: kmod
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

kmod 34.2-4.fc44

Linux kernel module management utilities

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git

sudo dnf install kmod

License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND FSFUL AND FSFULLRWD AND LGPL-2.1-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND X11
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: kmod
9 Abhängigkeiten
10 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kmod from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

kmod-devel 34.2-4.fc44

Header files for kmod development

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git

sudo dnf install kmod-devel

License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND FSFUL AND FSFULLRWD AND LGPL-2.1-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND X11
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: kmod
3 Abhängigkeiten
2 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kmod

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kmod-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

Paketgraph

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Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/kmod.yml

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kmod mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Linux

Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Risikostufe: grün

Risikoklassifikator

Warum

Signale

Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

Configuration and credential file locations

Configuration files

Installierte Executables

Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

Themen-Hubs

Verwandte Tools

Gleicher Workflow

Agent-Sicherheitsleitfäden

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Combined YAML source

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