How To Install libegl-nvidia0 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl-nvidia0 on Kali Linux.
What is libegl-nvidia0
libegl-nvidia0 is:
EGL provides a platform-agnostic mechanism for creating rendering surfaces for use with other graphics libraries, such as OpenGL|ES.
See the description of the nvidia-driver package or /usr/share/doc/libgl1-nvidia-glx/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
This package contains the driver specific binary EGL implementation provided by NVIDIA that is accessed via GLVND.
There are three methods to install libegl-nvidia0 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libegl-nvidia0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libegl-nvidia0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libegl-nvidia0Install libegl-nvidia0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libegl-nvidia0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libegl-nvidia0Install libegl-nvidia0 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libegl-nvidia0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libegl-nvidia0How To Uninstall libegl-nvidia0 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libegl-nvidia0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libegl-nvidia0Uninstall libegl-nvidia0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libegl-nvidia0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libegl-nvidia0Remove libegl-nvidia0 Configurations and Data
To remove libegl-nvidia0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libegl-nvidia0Remove libegl-nvidia0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libegl-nvidia0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libegl-nvidia0Dependencies
libegl-nvidia0 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl-nvidia0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.