---
name: "modules.dep"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "kmod"
version: "34.3-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/modules.dep"
---

# modules.dep(5)

Module dependency information

## NAME

modules.dep, modules.dep.bin - Module dependency information

## SYNOPSIS

/lib/modules/modules.dep

/lib/modules/modules.dep.bin

## DESCRIPTION

**modules.dep.bin** is a binary file generated by **depmod** listing the dependencies for every module in the directories under /lib/modules/*version*. It is used by **kmod** tools such as **modprobe** and libkmod.

Its text counterpart is located in the same directory with the name **modules.dep**. The text version is maintained only for ease of reading by humans and is in no way used by any **kmod** tool.

These files are not intended for editing or use by any additional utilities as their format is subject to change in the future. You should use the [**modinfo**(8)](/modinfo/8.md) command to obtain information about modules in a future proof and compatible fashion rather than touching these files.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.

## SEE ALSO

[**depmod**(8)](/depmod/8.md), [**modprobe**(8)](/modprobe/8.md)

## BUGS

Please direct any bug reports to kmod's issue tracker at https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/issues/ alongside with version used, steps to reproduce the problem and the expected outcome.

## AUTHORS

Numerous contributions have come from the linux-modules mailing list \<linux-modules@vger.kernel.org\> and Github. If you have a clone of kmod.git itself, the output of [**git-shortlog**(1)](/git-shortlog/1.md) and [**git-blame**(1)](/git-blame/1.md) can show you the authors for specific parts of the project.

**Lucas De Marchi** \<lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com\> is the current maintainer of the project.