How To Install linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04 is:
Transitional package for upgrades of -440 to -450.
Package: linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04 Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.6.0-1007.7 Priority: optional Section: restricted/kernel Source: linux-restricted-modules-oem-5.6 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Canonical Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 18 Depends: linux-modules-nvidia-440-5.6.0-1007-oem (= 5.6.0-1007.7) Filename: pool/restricted/l/linux-restricted-modules-oem-5.6/linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04_5.6.0-1007.7_amd64.deb Size: 5424 MD5sum: 6637203ba44cfa5e38363ca3c2109c20 SHA1: 7b3d927e18d70915d6d9d3e1dae6bb070007c8c5 SHA256: d026bb407ab458ce424792e6c775404fb0532163884d3145eb2ec82b4861c7d0 Description-en: Extra drivers for nvidia-440 for the OEM flavour Install extra signed nvidia-440 modules compatible with the OEM flavour.
There are three methods to install linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
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-440-oem-20.04 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-440-oem-20.04
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
Install linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
Install linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04 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-440-oem-20.04
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
How To Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
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-440-oem-20.04
Remove linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04 Configurations and Data
To remove linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
Remove linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-440-oem-20.04
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.