How To Install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic is:
Transitional package for upgrades of -430 to -450.
Package: linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.4.0-26.30+2 Priority: optional Section: restricted/kernel Source: linux-restricted-modules Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Canonical Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 21 Depends: linux-modules-nvidia-440-generic Filename: pool/restricted/l/linux-restricted-modules/linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic_5.4.0-26.30+2_amd64.deb Size: 5412 MD5sum: f95ed2e77d405978c0b50e5f12445f89 SHA1: 361cc7169f5fb08e718551d9875159c09345a5e5 SHA256: 1cf8fb2336fc269115446848c0cbd6d03433df2955490bb1650150873a29fc67 Description-en: Extra drivers for nvidia-430 for the generic flavour (dummy transitional package) Transitional package for upgrades of -430 to -440.
There are three methods to install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
Install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
Install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
How To Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
Remove linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic Configurations and Data
To remove linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
Remove linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-430-generic
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.