How To Install linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 on Ubuntu 20.04. linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 is Extra drivers for nvidia-418-oem-osp1 (dummy transitional package) Extra drivers for nvidia-418 for the generic flavour (dummy transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1

linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 is:

Transitional package for upgrades of 418-oem-osp1 to 440-generic.

Package: linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 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-440-generic Filename: pool/restricted/l/linux-restricted-modules/linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1_5.4.0-26.30+2_amd64.deb Size: 5436 MD5sum: 389a3bd58c560fb4bccedbe4b933a60f SHA1: 70a64490a1eb7871a781645ea83c9ac7de21c223 SHA256: 183b78e3e2d751fcfb6bce5c9f7580c693099766ce5756df23ea61a64f4ae5a0 Description-en: Extra drivers for nvidia-418 for the generic flavour (dummy transitional package) Transitional package for upgrades from linux-oem-osp1 to generic

There are three methods to install linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 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-418-oem-osp1 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-418-oem-osp1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1

Install linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1

Install linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 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-418-oem-osp1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1

How To Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1

Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 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-418-oem-osp1

Remove linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 Configurations and Data

To remove linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1

Remove linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-418-oem-osp1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.