How To Install nvidia-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nvidia-common
nvidia-common is:
This is a transitional package for ubuntu-drivers-common. You can remove it after upgrading.
Package: nvidia-common Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:0.8.1 Priority: optional Section: universe/x11 Source: ubuntu-drivers-common Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 30 Depends: ubuntu-drivers-common Filename: pool/universe/u/ubuntu-drivers-common/nvidia-common_0.8.1_amd64.deb Size: 1380 MD5sum: 9caa76654c9e3a5b7e9ab61486f174f2 SHA1: 72702b75534eefaa2ef6b14d7b8a0156ec0de0ea SHA256: 4832a1ef467286711dbfa0c53ad930d4f9cf2b3c84fb00514d221f82dbf93e1f Description-en: transitional package for ubuntu-drivers-common This is a transitional package for ubuntu-drivers-common. You can remove it after upgrading.
There are three methods to install nvidia-common 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-common 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-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-common
Install nvidia-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-common
Install nvidia-common 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-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-common
How To Uninstall nvidia-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-common
Uninstall nvidia-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-common
Remove nvidia-common Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-common
Remove nvidia-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.