How To Install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx on Kali Linux. libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx is NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX library (non-GLVND variant) (390xx legacy version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx on Kali Linux.

What is `libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx`

libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx 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 the description of the nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver package or /usr/share/doc/libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.

This package contains the driver specific binary OpenGL/GLX implementation provided by NVIDIA as a non-GLVND alternative.

There are three methods to install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx 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 libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx

Install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx

Install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx

How To Uninstall libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx

Uninstall libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx

Remove libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx Configurations and Data

To remove libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx

Remove libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx

Dependencies

libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx have the following dependencies:

References

libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glx package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.