How To Install nvidia-legacy-check on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-legacy-check
on Kali Linux.
What is nvidia-legacy-check
nvidia-legacy-check is:
This package checks whether the system contains NVIDIA GPUs that are no longer supported by the main driver line and require a legacy driver.
If such hardware is present, a (preseedable) debconf question will be asked to confirm the installation of the current driver line.
There are three methods to install nvidia-legacy-check
on Kali Linux. 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-legacy-check 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-legacy-check
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-legacy-check
Install nvidia-legacy-check Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-legacy-check
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-legacy-check
Install nvidia-legacy-check Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-legacy-check
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-legacy-check
How To Uninstall nvidia-legacy-check on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nvidia-legacy-check
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-legacy-check
Uninstall nvidia-legacy-check And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-legacy-check
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-legacy-check
Remove nvidia-legacy-check Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-legacy-check
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-legacy-check
Remove nvidia-legacy-check configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-legacy-check
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-legacy-check
Dependencies
nvidia-legacy-check have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-legacy-check
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.