How To Install libnvidia-api1 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-api1 on Debian 12.
What is libnvidia-api1
libnvidia-api1 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.
This package contains the NVIDIA API runtime library.
There are three methods to install libnvidia-api1 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 libnvidia-api1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-api1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-api1
Install libnvidia-api1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-api1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvidia-api1
Install libnvidia-api1 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 libnvidia-api1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-api1
How To Uninstall libnvidia-api1 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnvidia-api1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-api1
Uninstall libnvidia-api1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvidia-api1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-api1
Remove libnvidia-api1 Configurations and Data
To remove libnvidia-api1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-api1
Remove libnvidia-api1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-api1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-api1
Dependencies
libnvidia-api1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-api1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.