How To Install nvidia-headless-430 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-headless-430 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nvidia-headless-430
nvidia-headless-430 is:
This is a transitional package for nvidia-headless-440, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
Package: nvidia-headless-430 Architecture: amd64 Version: 440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6 Multi-Arch: same 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: 20 Depends: nvidia-headless-440 Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/nvidia-headless-430_440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb Size: 7556 MD5sum: 577f37c95d5c1a66dd39dd9dd3c5fea5 SHA1: eeef28ab711dcc01e748c8df61d005b2f02beb50 SHA256: e55545108725c8181531d65dffc90252e7f98b25bae001c481b36d6597ca313a Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com Description-en: Transitional package for nvidia-headless-440 This is a transitional package for nvidia-headless-440, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
There are three methods to install nvidia-headless-430 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-headless-430 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-headless-430 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-headless-430
Install nvidia-headless-430 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-headless-430 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-headless-430
Install nvidia-headless-430 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-headless-430 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-headless-430
How To Uninstall nvidia-headless-430 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-headless-430 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-headless-430
Uninstall nvidia-headless-430 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-headless-430 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-headless-430
Remove nvidia-headless-430 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-headless-430 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-headless-430
Remove nvidia-headless-430 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-headless-430 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-headless-430
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-headless-430 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
