How To Install libnvoptix1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvoptix1 on Kali Linux. libnvoptix1 is NVIDIA implementation of the OptiX ray tracing engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvoptix1 on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 libnvoptix1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnvoptix1

How To Uninstall libnvoptix1 on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvoptix1

Remove libnvoptix1 Configurations and Data

To remove libnvoptix1 configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.