How To Install nvidia-kernel-common-435 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-kernel-common-435
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nvidia-kernel-common-435
nvidia-kernel-common-435 is:
This is a transitional package for nvidia-kernel-common-455, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
Package: nvidia-kernel-common-435 Architecture: amd64 Version: 435.21-0ubuntu7 Priority: optional Section: restricted/libs Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 38 Provides: nvidia-kernel-common Conflicts: nvidia-kernel-common Replaces: nvidia-dkms-435 (« 390.48-0ubuntu3~), nvidia-kernel-common Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-435/nvidia-kernel-common-435_435.21-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb Size: 9184 MD5sum: 606eb18857f39241bf4747ae8095eb27 SHA1: ddbeb92e913015ce32bb40bf3cae46d78854e537 SHA256: 212cd87c7e51c6102356328870cf5f09b618efa45b0f8a980159e452dd5f853c Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com Description-en: Shared files used with the kernel module This package installs all the optional accessory files for the NVIDIA kernel module.
Install this package if you want to blacklist any conflicting kernel modules, and if you want udev to load the the NVIDIA kernel modules, and to create the uvm devices automatically.
There are three methods to install nvidia-kernel-common-435
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-kernel-common-435 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-kernel-common-435
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-kernel-common-435
Install nvidia-kernel-common-435 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-kernel-common-435
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-kernel-common-435
Install nvidia-kernel-common-435 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-kernel-common-435
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-kernel-common-435
How To Uninstall nvidia-kernel-common-435 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-kernel-common-435
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-kernel-common-435
Uninstall nvidia-kernel-common-435 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-kernel-common-435
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-kernel-common-435
Remove nvidia-kernel-common-435 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-kernel-common-435
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-kernel-common-435
Remove nvidia-kernel-common-435 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-kernel-common-435
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-kernel-common-435
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-kernel-common-435
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.