How To Install linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency is:
This package contains the Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.4.0-60.
You likely do not want to install this package directly. Instead, install the one of the linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-lowlatency* meta-packages, which will ensure that upgrades work correctly, and that supporting packages are also installed.
There are three methods to install linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
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-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency 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-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
Install linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
Install linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency 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-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
How To Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
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-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
Remove linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency Configurations and Data
To remove linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
Remove linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
References
- linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency website
- linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency on packages.ubuntu.com
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-modules-nvidia-440-server-5.4.0-60-lowlatency
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.