# kmod mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für kmod in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:kmod ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install kmod ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add kmod ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install kmod ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: kmod from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install kmod ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kmod from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#kmod ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: kmod from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S kmod ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: kmod from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install kmod ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kmod from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:kmod - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 34.2 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Linux kernel module handling - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later - **Quellarchiv:** - **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - depmod (cli) - insmod (cli) - kmod (cli) - lsmod (cli) - modinfo (cli) - modprobe (cli) - rmmod (cli) - depmod (Alias) - insmod (Alias) - kmod (Alias) - lsmod (Alias) - modinfo (Alias) - modprobe (Alias) - rmmod (Alias) ## Abhängigkeiten - openssl@3 - xz - zlib-ng-compat - zstd ## Build-Abhängigkeiten - meson - ninja - pkgconf - scdoc ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, x86_64_linux ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-07-08 - Manager-Version: 34.2 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod - Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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. ### Quellen - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Linux: /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf, /run/modprobe.d/*.conf, /usr/local/lib/modprobe.d/*.conf, /lib/modprobe.d/*.conf ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - kmod - 34.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: kmod from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tools for managing Linux kernel modules - Debian apt - libkmod-dev - 34.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libkmod-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | libkmod development files - Debian apt - libkmod2 - 34.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libkmod2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | libkmod shared library - Nix - kmod: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: kmod from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - kmod - 31+20240202-2ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: kmod from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tools for managing Linux kernel modules - Ubuntu apt - libkmod-dev - 31+20240202-2ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libkmod-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | libkmod development files - Ubuntu apt - libkmod2 - 31+20240202-2ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libkmod2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | libkmod shared library - apk - kmod - 34.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Linux kernel module management utilities | http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary - apk - kmod-bash-completion - 34.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for kmod | http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary - apk - kmod-dev - 34.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Linux kernel module management utilities (development files) | http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary - apk - kmod-doc - 34.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Linux kernel module management utilities (documentation) | http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary - apk - kmod-fish-completion - 34.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for kmod | http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary - apk - kmod-libs - 34.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Linux kernel module management utilities (libraries) | http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary - apk - kmod-zsh-completion - 34.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kmod-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for kmod | http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary - dnf - kmod - 34.2-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kmod from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Linux kernel module management utilities | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git - dnf - kmod-devel - 34.2-4.fc44: normalized package name match | 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 | Header files for kmod development | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git ## Verwandte Links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Package ecosystem packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/package-ecosystem-tools/) - Matched package manager, installer, dependency, registry, or publishing metadata. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [xz](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/xz/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [zstd](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/zstd/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [meson](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/meson/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [scdoc](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/scdoc/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ddcutil](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ddcutil/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [b43-fwcutter](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/b43-fwcutter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, linux, system. - [bluez](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bluez/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, linux, system. - [btrfs-progs](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/btrfs-progs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, linux, system. - [cpulimit](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cpulimit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, linux, system. - [crun](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/crun/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, linux, system. - [dcled](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/dcled/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, linux, system. - [device-mapper](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/device-mapper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, linux, system. - [erofs-utils](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/erofs-utils/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, linux, system, xz. - [keyutils](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/keyutils/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, kernel, linux, system. - [apt](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/apt/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compat, openssl, openssl-3, system. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kmod.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/kmod.yml) ## Quellen - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph