How To Install libnvidia-cfg1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libnvidia-cfg1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libnvidia-cfg1 is NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-cfg1 on Debian 12.

What is libnvidia-cfg1

libnvidia-cfg1 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 libnvidia-cfg.so.1 runtime library.

There are three methods to install libnvidia-cfg1 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-cfg1 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-cfg1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-cfg1

Install libnvidia-cfg1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-cfg1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnvidia-cfg1

Install libnvidia-cfg1 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-cfg1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-cfg1

How To Uninstall libnvidia-cfg1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libnvidia-cfg1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-cfg1

Uninstall libnvidia-cfg1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnvidia-cfg1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-cfg1

Remove libnvidia-cfg1 Configurations and Data

To remove libnvidia-cfg1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-cfg1

Remove libnvidia-cfg1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-cfg1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-cfg1

Dependencies

libnvidia-cfg1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-cfg1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.