How To Install libnvoptix1 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvoptix1 on Debian 12.
What is libnvoptix1
libnvoptix1 is:
The OptiX API is an application framework for achieving optimal ray tracing performance on the GPU.
This package contains runtime library of the OptiX ray tracing engine implementation for NVIDIA CUDA. It is used by liboptix.so.* coming with applications using the OptiX API.
There are three methods to install libnvoptix1 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 libnvoptix1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvoptix1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvoptix1
Install libnvoptix1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvoptix1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvoptix1
Install libnvoptix1 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 libnvoptix1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvoptix1
How To Uninstall libnvoptix1 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnvoptix1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvoptix1
Uninstall libnvoptix1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvoptix1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvoptix1
Remove libnvoptix1 Configurations and Data
To remove libnvoptix1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvoptix1
Remove libnvoptix1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvoptix1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvoptix1
Dependencies
libnvoptix1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvoptix1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.