How To Install nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates
nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates is:
This is a transitional package for nvidia-libopencl1-340, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
Package: nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates Architecture: amd64 Version: 340.108-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: multiverse/misc Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 21 Depends: nvidia-libopencl1-340 Filename: pool/multiverse/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates_340.108-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 6388 MD5sum: b989b5553d0710fc2480210eb8f201df SHA1: c8a8d691caa5b8447283fd2594a9bb98ab98e30a SHA256: 8e97e75e92526afb471af8a8bc1bf68f1ca584ef0d001b4f395b09e95814f7b0 Description-en: Transitional package for nvidia-libopencl1-340 This is a transitional package for nvidia-libopencl1-340, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
There are three methods to install nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates 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-libopencl1-340-updates 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-libopencl1-340-updates using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates
Install nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates
Install nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates 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-libopencl1-340-updates using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates
How To Uninstall nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates
Uninstall nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates
Remove nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates
Remove nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
