How To Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 on Ubuntu 20.04. xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 is Transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-455 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435

xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 is:

This is a transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-455, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.

Package: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 Architecture: amd64 Version: 435.21-0ubuntu7 Priority: optional Section: restricted/x11 Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 6646 Provides: nvidia-driver-binary, xorg-driver-binary, xorg-driver-video Depends: libnvidia-cfg1-435 (= 435.21-0ubuntu7), 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) Conflicts: nvidia-driver-binary, xorg-driver-binary Replaces: nvidia-driver-binary, xorg-driver-binary Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-435/xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435_435.21-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb Size: 1504516 MD5sum: edaefb17ba5c2ddcb0342c074b47757e SHA1: 3bd54dd2297acd7b57af26d53af88dfe2c50884b SHA256: 77266dd9234774826dcd97423569fc13710d2140ae73b9380402b8a8a1953c06 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-435/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.

There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 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-435 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-435 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435

Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 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-435 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435

Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 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-435 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435

How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435

Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 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-435

Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 Configurations and Data

To remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435

Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.