How To Install nvidia-cg-toolkit on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-cg-toolkit
on Kali Linux.
What is nvidia-cg-toolkit
nvidia-cg-toolkit is:
The Nvidia Cg Toolkit provides a compiler for the Cg language, runtime libraries for use with both leading graphics APIs, runtime libraries for CgFX, example applications, and extensive documentation. Supporting over 24 different OpenGL and DirectX profile targets, Cg will allow you to incorporate stunning interactive effects into your 3D applications.
The components include:
- NVIDIA Cg Compiler
- Unified Cg/CgFX Runtime
- Cg User’s Manual
- Cg Language Specification
- Example programs and shaders
This package contains the Cg compiler and other utilities.
There are three methods to install nvidia-cg-toolkit
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 nvidia-cg-toolkit 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-cg-toolkit
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-cg-toolkit
Install nvidia-cg-toolkit Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-cg-toolkit
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-cg-toolkit
Install nvidia-cg-toolkit 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 nvidia-cg-toolkit
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-cg-toolkit
How To Uninstall nvidia-cg-toolkit on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nvidia-cg-toolkit
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-cg-toolkit
Uninstall nvidia-cg-toolkit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-cg-toolkit
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-cg-toolkit
Remove nvidia-cg-toolkit Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-cg-toolkit
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-cg-toolkit
Remove nvidia-cg-toolkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-cg-toolkit
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-cg-toolkit
Dependencies
nvidia-cg-toolkit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-cg-toolkit
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.