How To Install libnvidia-rtcore on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-rtcore on Debian 12.
What is libnvidia-rtcore
libnvidia-rtcore is:
Vulkan is a multivendor open standard by the Khronos Group for 3D graphics.
This library is part of the Vulkan real-time ray tracing extensions (VK_NV_raytracing) implementation by NVIDIA.
This package contains the private rtcore library used by the NVIDIA implementation of Vulkan.
There are three methods to install libnvidia-rtcore 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-rtcore 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-rtcore using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-rtcore
Install libnvidia-rtcore Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-rtcore using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvidia-rtcore
Install libnvidia-rtcore 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-rtcore using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-rtcore
How To Uninstall libnvidia-rtcore on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnvidia-rtcore package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-rtcore
Uninstall libnvidia-rtcore And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvidia-rtcore and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-rtcore
Remove libnvidia-rtcore Configurations and Data
To remove libnvidia-rtcore configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-rtcore
Remove libnvidia-rtcore configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-rtcore configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-rtcore
Dependencies
libnvidia-rtcore have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-rtcore package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
