How To Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 is:
The NVIDIA binary driver provides optimized hardware acceleration of OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES applications via a direct-rendering X Server for graphics cards using NVIDIA chip sets.
See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-390/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 Architecture: amd64 Version: 390.132-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: restricted/x11 Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 7937 Provides: nvidia-driver-binary, xorg-driver-binary, xorg-driver-video Depends: libnvidia-cfg1-390 (= 390.132-0ubuntu2), xorg-video-abi-24 | xorg-video-abi-23 | xorg-video-abi-20 | xorg-video-abi-19 | xorg-video-abi-18 | xorg-video-abi-15 | xorg-video-abi-14 | xorg-video-abi-13 | xorg-video-abi-12 | xorg-video-abi-11 | xorg-video-abi-10 | xorg-video-abi-8 | xorg-video-abi-6.0, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu2~), libc6 (>= 2.2.5) Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390_390.132-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 1634192 MD5sum: 85bf50d4b0fd8b051465f316b0b251fe SHA1: dadac24049ab643204d30b0f8e717d031b3d160f SHA256: 09a30e0cc1939378fd6fec3aeeb03098b880b9278ae8c4e51c3fbcee35e124e4 Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com Description-en: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver The NVIDIA binary driver provides optimized hardware acceleration of OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES applications via a direct-rendering X Server for graphics cards using NVIDIA chip sets.
See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-390/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-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 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-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 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-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 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 Configurations and Data
To remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
