How To Install linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem is:
Transitional package for upgrades of 390-oem to 390-generic.
Package: linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.4.0-26.30+2 Priority: optional Section: restricted/oldlibs Source: linux-restricted-modules Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Canonical Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 21 Depends: linux-modules-nvidia-390-generic Filename: pool/restricted/l/linux-restricted-modules/linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem_5.4.0-26.30+2_amd64.deb Size: 5420 MD5sum: 0ceb0fa1caf357c4e27fce8aeba6a4de SHA1: 740638614b26d8f8c1d311185d8edd55ed0d47cd SHA256: b20e30b8b02a388875cd744ccb8778130289a2b650af882bc3bbf59ea355ec93 Description-en: Extra drivers for nvidia-390 for the generic flavour (dummy transitional package) Transitional package for upgrades from linux-oem to generic
There are three methods to install linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
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-oem 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-oem
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
Install linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem 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-oem
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
Install linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem 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-oem
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
How To Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
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-oem
Remove linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem Configurations and Data
To remove linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
Remove linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-390-oem
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.