How To Install nvidia-340 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-340
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nvidia-340
nvidia-340 is:
This is a transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-nouveau, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
There are three methods to install nvidia-340
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nvidia-340 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-340
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-340
Install nvidia-340 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-340
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-340
Install nvidia-340 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 nvidia-340
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-340
How To Uninstall nvidia-340 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-340
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-340
Uninstall nvidia-340 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-340
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-340
Remove nvidia-340 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-340
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-340
Remove nvidia-340 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-340
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-340
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-340
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.