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Installer kmod avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de kmod pour les workflows d'agents IA.

installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install kmod

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%
sudo apk add kmod

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

Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install kmod

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

Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%
sudo dnf install kmod

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

Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#kmod

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

Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%
sudo pacman -S kmod

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

openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install kmod

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

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Linux kernel module handling

Commandes et alias

  • depmod
  • insmod
  • kmod
  • lsmod
  • modinfo
  • modprobe
  • rmmod

historique

Historique du projet et usages

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.

Historique du projet

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.

Historique d'adoption

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.

Modes d'utilisation

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.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

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.

Chronologie

  • 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.

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

  • Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
  • Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 2 plateformes.
  • S’installe avec 4 dépendances d’exécution.
  • Les métadonnées de compilation listent 4 dépendances de compilation.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

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

exécutables

Exécutables installés

CommandeTypeExpositionNote
depmodcliexécutable global
insmodcliexécutable global
kmodcliexécutable global
lsmodcliexécutable global
modinfocliexécutable global
modprobecliexécutable global
rmmodcliexécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-08
version du gestionnaire34.2
gestionnaire mis à jour
données localesOK
amontnot checked
dernière version détectéenon détecté

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

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquetbrew:kmod
Version34.2
Gestionnaire de paquetsHomebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquetshttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kmod
Page d'accueilhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
Dépôthttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
Docs amonthttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git/tree/README.md
LicenceLGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later
Archive sourcehttps://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod-34.2.tar.xz
Dépendancesopenssl@3, xz, zlib-ng-compat, zstd
Dépendances de compilationmeson, ninja, pkgconf, scdoc
Bouteilledisponible (sur arm64_linux, x86_64_linux)
post-install Homebrewnon défini
Serviceaucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namekmod
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Requirements
  • linux
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

Debian apt95%

kmod 34.2-2

tools for managing Linux kernel modules

sudo apt install kmod
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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
  • Correspondance par : 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
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • 10 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • 2 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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

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