How To Install libnvidia-rtcore on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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-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 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-rtcore using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-rtcore

How To Uninstall libnvidia-rtcore on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1

References

• libnvidia-rtcore website

Summary

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