How To Install libnvidia-ml1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-ml1 on Kali Linux.

What is libnvidia-ml1

libnvidia-ml1 is:

The NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) provides a monitoring and management API. It provides a direct access to the queries and commands exposed via nvidia-smi.

This package contains the nvidia-ml runtime library.

There are three methods to install libnvidia-ml1 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 libnvidia-ml1 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-ml1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-ml1

Install libnvidia-ml1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-ml1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnvidia-ml1

Install libnvidia-ml1 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 libnvidia-ml1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-ml1

How To Uninstall libnvidia-ml1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnvidia-ml1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-ml1

Uninstall libnvidia-ml1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnvidia-ml1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-ml1

Remove libnvidia-ml1 Configurations and Data

To remove libnvidia-ml1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-ml1

Remove libnvidia-ml1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-ml1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-ml1

Dependencies

libnvidia-ml1 have the following dependencies:

• nvidia-alternative
• libc6

References

• libnvidia-ml1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-ml1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.