How To Install libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore on Kali Linux. libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore is NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX core libraries (Tesla 460 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore on Kali Linux.

What is libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore

libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore 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 private core libraries used by the NVIDIA implementation of OpenGL and GLX.

There are three methods to install libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore 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-tesla-460-glcore 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-tesla-460-glcore using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore

Install libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore

Install libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore 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-tesla-460-glcore using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore

How To Uninstall libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore

Uninstall libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore

Remove libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore Configurations and Data

To remove libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore

Remove libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore

Dependencies

libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-tesla-460-glcore package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.