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Doesn't Ubuntu 20.04 have a kernel with Wireguard built in? You shouldn't need to use DKMS.

Even on my 20.04 box, I seem to have wireguard-dkms auto-installed in response to "apt install wireguard". Perhaps they are doing this to allow for faster wireguard module updates? Or perhaps this is just a bug.

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1890201

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireguard/1.0.20200513-...

Using “apt install --no-recommends wireguard-tools” should do what you’re looking for.

Belt-and-suspenders... I assumed some readers might choose a different distro that needs a little more setup.

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