How To Install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency is:
Install extra signed nvidia-390 modules compatible with the lowlatency flavour.
Package: linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.4.0-26.30+2 Priority: optional Section: restricted/kernel Source: linux-restricted-modules Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Canonical Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 21 Provides: nvidia-dkms-390 (= 390.132-0ubuntu2) Depends: linux-modules-nvidia-390-5.4.0-26-lowlatency (= 5.4.0-26.30+2) Filename: pool/restricted/l/linux-restricted-modules/linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency_5.4.0-26.30+2_amd64.deb Size: 5440 MD5sum: df1bb99612cd3e77c47c06d25e20de5d SHA1: b51e3542e153238eb26d556cd6f6e4c10e6346e2 SHA256: 53740b81361b1456bc16af648a2d22de2c28a7120a956eea0886e971cff72c8d Description-en: Extra drivers for nvidia-390 for the lowlatency flavour Install extra signed nvidia-390 modules compatible with the lowlatency flavour.
There are three methods to install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
Install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
Install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
How To Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
Remove linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency Configurations and Data
To remove linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
Remove linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
References
- linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency website
- linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency on packages.ubuntu.com
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-390-lowlatency
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.