How To Install glx-alternative-nvidia on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glx-alternative-nvidia on Debian 12.
What is glx-alternative-nvidia
glx-alternative-nvidia is:
In setups with several GLX providers (e.g. the free MESA implementation and proprietary graphics hardware vendor implementations) this metapackage allows one to switch to the non-free NVIDIA driver and libraries.
Use ‘update-glx –config glx’ to select an implementation.
This package does not depend on the corresponding NVIDIA libraries. In order to install the NVIDIA driver and libraries, install the nvidia-driver package instead.
There are three methods to install glx-alternative-nvidia on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install glx-alternative-nvidia Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glx-alternative-nvidia using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glx-alternative-nvidia
Install glx-alternative-nvidia Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glx-alternative-nvidia using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glx-alternative-nvidia
Install glx-alternative-nvidia 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install glx-alternative-nvidia using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glx-alternative-nvidia
How To Uninstall glx-alternative-nvidia on Debian 12
To uninstall only the glx-alternative-nvidia package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glx-alternative-nvidia
Uninstall glx-alternative-nvidia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glx-alternative-nvidia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glx-alternative-nvidia
Remove glx-alternative-nvidia Configurations and Data
To remove glx-alternative-nvidia configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glx-alternative-nvidia
Remove glx-alternative-nvidia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glx-alternative-nvidia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glx-alternative-nvidia
Dependencies
glx-alternative-nvidia have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glx-alternative-nvidia package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
