How To Install nvidia-331 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-331 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nvidia-331
nvidia-331 is:
This is a transitional package for nvidia-331, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
Package: nvidia-331 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 Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/nvidia-331_340.108-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 4876 MD5sum: 3fc23a586ba620c87b865a85fa5ee08d SHA1: adfd6a43be47524c295e95bdb057ad69e30c25f9 SHA256: 2ab7e9c635e6ead3c84cbb1047dde6dd561d3d3eb5a5421945745f78ae8a6ef9 Description-en: Transitional package for nvidia-331 This is a transitional package for nvidia-331, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
There are three methods to install nvidia-331 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-331
Install nvidia-331 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-331 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-331
Install nvidia-331 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-331
How To Uninstall nvidia-331 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-331 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-331
Uninstall nvidia-331 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-331 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
Remove nvidia-331 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-331 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-331
Remove nvidia-331 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-331 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-331
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-331 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.