From 82fbf6c7be3ad5742cf866312440c8e3ec3d3cb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DL6ER Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:59:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] wireguard-dmks is not needed when running a sufficiently recent kernel (#501) * wireguard-dmks is not needed when running a sufficiently recent kernel Signed-off-by: DL6ER --- docs/guides/vpn/wireguard/server.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/guides/vpn/wireguard/server.md b/docs/guides/vpn/wireguard/server.md index a8be67e..94ed555 100644 --- a/docs/guides/vpn/wireguard/server.md +++ b/docs/guides/vpn/wireguard/server.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Installing everything we will need for a `wireguard` connections is as simple as running: ```bash -sudo apt-get install wireguard wireguard-tools wireguard-dkms +sudo apt-get install wireguard wireguard-tools ``` For Ubuntu 18.04 and lower, you need to do some extra steps: @@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ For Ubuntu 18.04 and lower, you need to do some extra steps: ```bash sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireguard/wireguard sudo apt update -sudo apt install wireguard wireguard-tools wireguard-dkms +sudo apt install wireguard wireguard-tools ``` +If you're running a kernel older than 5.6 (check with `uname -r`), you will also need to install `wireguard-dkms` + If there is no `wireguard` package available for your system, you can follow the instructions below to compile WireGuard from source.