How To Install nvidia-dkms-390 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-dkms-390 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nvidia-dkms-390
nvidia-dkms-390 is:
This package builds the NVIDIA kernel module needed by the userspace driver, using DKMS. Provided that you have the kernel header packages installed, the kernel module will be built for your running kernel, and automatically rebuilt for any new kernel headers that are installed.
There are three methods to install nvidia-dkms-390 on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-dkms-390 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-dkms-390 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-dkms-390
Install nvidia-dkms-390 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-dkms-390 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-dkms-390
Install nvidia-dkms-390 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-dkms-390 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-dkms-390
How To Uninstall nvidia-dkms-390 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-dkms-390 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-dkms-390
Uninstall nvidia-dkms-390 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-dkms-390 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-dkms-390
Remove nvidia-dkms-390 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-dkms-390 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-dkms-390
Remove nvidia-dkms-390 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-dkms-390 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-dkms-390
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-dkms-390 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
