How To Install nvidia-utils-440 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-utils-440 on Ubuntu 20.04. nvidia-utils-440 is Transitional package for nvidia-utils-450 NVIDIA driver support binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-utils-440 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is nvidia-utils-440

nvidia-utils-440 is:

This is a transitional package for nvidia-utils-450, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.

Package: nvidia-utils-440 Architecture: amd64 Version: 440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6 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: 1038 Provides: nvidia-smi, nvidia-utils Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libnvidia-compute-440 Suggests: nvidia-driver-440 Conflicts: nvidia-smi, nvidia-utils Replaces: nvidia-smi, nvidia-utils Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/nvidia-utils-440_440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb Size: 345700 MD5sum: bc3ea95be19b945f9393997d12d5731e SHA1: 72894bcd2671c6d2e234866a25468b0bac29c9f3 SHA256: 2dbb60bbe38924498d896fd385c91ac22b08cda8da0cafacc20a00cfa8ddbd8b 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-440 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-440 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-440 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-utils-440

Install nvidia-utils-440 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-utils-440 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nvidia-utils-440

Install nvidia-utils-440 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-440 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-utils-440

How To Uninstall nvidia-utils-440 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the nvidia-utils-440 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-utils-440

Uninstall nvidia-utils-440 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-utils-440 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-440

Remove nvidia-utils-440 Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-utils-440 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-utils-440

Remove nvidia-utils-440 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nvidia-utils-440 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-utils-440

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-utils-440 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.