[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#940238: Info received (Bug#940238: Acknowledgement (ZFS on Linux fails to install under Buster (dependency problems)))

[TarotApprentice]

I did it a bit differently. First I update to the 5.2 kernel:
apt install -t buster-backports linux-image-amd64
sync
systemctl reboot

Then install the headers:
apt install -t buster-backports linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Followed by zfs:
apt install -t buster-backports zfs-dkms zfsutils-linux

That got the install error as usual. Do the following to get past that:
modprobe zfs
apt install -f

It you reboot at this point, like I did, when it comes back one of the services fails because it can’t find any pools so you have to repeat the modprobe zfs command and then create a pool.

Thanks to Matt Weller for the solution.