How To Install nvidia-dkms-440 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-dkms-440 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nvidia-dkms-440
nvidia-dkms-440 is:
This is a transitional package for nvidia-dkms-450, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
Package: nvidia-dkms-440 Architecture: amd64 Version: 440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: restricted/libs Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 131 Provides: nvidia-dkms-kernel Depends: dkms, nvidia-kernel-source-440, nvidia-kernel-common-440 Conflicts: nvidia-dkms-kernel Breaks: nvidia-kernel-source-440 (« 390.25-0ubuntu2~) Replaces: nvidia-384 (« 390.25), nvidia-dkms-kernel, nvidia-kernel-source-440 (« 390.25-0ubuntu2~) Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/nvidia-dkms-440_440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb Size: 29944 MD5sum: a2498120a83feb61b92ecf1fdea97fc8 SHA1: 084cc1453cb91f93f5884d5a90927f2a0d7f3bb4 SHA256: ed87dd27c1c03e9cf49d2ef759bedad5967104eaa155410e346e617d4c5492c8 Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com Description-en: NVIDIA DKMS package This package builds the NVIDIA kernel module needed by the userspace driver, using DKMS. Provided that you have the kernel header packages installed, the kernel module will be built for your running kernel, and automatically rebuilt for any new kernel headers that are installed.
There are three methods to install nvidia-dkms-440 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-dkms-440 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-dkms-440 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-dkms-440
Install nvidia-dkms-440 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-dkms-440 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-dkms-440
Install nvidia-dkms-440 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-dkms-440 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-dkms-440
How To Uninstall nvidia-dkms-440 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-dkms-440 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-dkms-440
Uninstall nvidia-dkms-440 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-dkms-440 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-dkms-440
Remove nvidia-dkms-440 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-dkms-440 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-dkms-440
Remove nvidia-dkms-440 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-dkms-440 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-dkms-440
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-dkms-440 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
