How To Install nvidia-utils-390 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-utils-390 on Ubuntu 20.04. nvidia-utils-390 is NVIDIA driver support binaries NVIDIA driver support binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-utils-390 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is nvidia-utils-390

nvidia-utils-390 is:

This package contains supporting binaries for the NVIDIA driver.

Package: nvidia-utils-390 Architecture: amd64 Version: 390.132-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: restricted/libs Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 993 Provides: nvidia-smi, nvidia-utils Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libnvidia-compute-390 Suggests: nvidia-driver-390 Conflicts: nvidia-smi, nvidia-utils Replaces: nvidia-smi, nvidia-utils Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/nvidia-utils-390_390.132-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 327256 MD5sum: 807fb1ccfe1f1849a15e8d2d6e135137 SHA1: e8be338aa392f1dea40129589534a83b2278e00b SHA256: 4066ea58bf38fde8b9c3bb98fd33ad07078d4e0ff8f29cdb49385937e1020ae9 Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com Description-en: NVIDIA driver support binaries This package contains supporting binaries for the NVIDIA driver.

There are three methods to install nvidia-utils-390 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-utils-390 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-utils-390 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-utils-390

Install nvidia-utils-390 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-utils-390 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nvidia-utils-390

Install nvidia-utils-390 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-utils-390 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-utils-390

How To Uninstall nvidia-utils-390 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the nvidia-utils-390 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-utils-390

Uninstall nvidia-utils-390 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-utils-390 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-utils-390

Remove nvidia-utils-390 Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-utils-390 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-utils-390

Remove nvidia-utils-390 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nvidia-utils-390 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-utils-390

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-utils-390 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.