How To Install nvidia-331-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-331-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. nvidia-331-dev is Transitional package for nvidia-340-dev Transitional package for nvidia-340-dev

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-331-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is nvidia-331-dev

nvidia-331-dev is:

This is a transitional package for nvidia-340-dev, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.

Package: nvidia-331-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 340.108-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: restricted/misc Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 21 Depends: nvidia-340-dev Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/nvidia-331-dev_340.108-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 4884 MD5sum: 009a629e86f6be126d5c3e89e817052d SHA1: b3bf1f4eb8bc58ad5a74da0d239a6352ec02d857 SHA256: 57b9fdb127f3ebf19e094a2d3c78705da01f819072a27329f21a8007be3cd7ba Description-en: Transitional package for nvidia-340-dev This is a transitional package for nvidia-340-dev, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.

There are three methods to install nvidia-331-dev 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 nvidia-331-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-331-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-331-dev

Install nvidia-331-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-331-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nvidia-331-dev

Install nvidia-331-dev 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 nvidia-331-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-331-dev

How To Uninstall nvidia-331-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the nvidia-331-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-331-dev

Uninstall nvidia-331-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-331-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-331-dev

Remove nvidia-331-dev Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-331-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-331-dev

Remove nvidia-331-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nvidia-331-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-331-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-331-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.