How To Install nvidia-dkms-435 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-dkms-435 on Ubuntu 20.04. nvidia-dkms-435 is Transitional package for nvidia-dkms-455 NVIDIA DKMS package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-dkms-435 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is nvidia-dkms-435

nvidia-dkms-435 is:

This is a transitional package for nvidia-dkms-455, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.

Package: nvidia-dkms-435 Architecture: amd64 Version: 435.21-0ubuntu7 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: restricted/libs Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 117 Provides: nvidia-dkms-kernel Depends: dkms, nvidia-kernel-source-435, nvidia-kernel-common-435 Conflicts: nvidia-dkms-kernel Breaks: nvidia-kernel-source-435 (« 390.25-0ubuntu2~) Replaces: nvidia-384 (« 390.25), nvidia-dkms-kernel, nvidia-kernel-source-435 (« 390.25-0ubuntu2~) Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-435/nvidia-dkms-435_435.21-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb Size: 27496 MD5sum: 4bb399eca2fdf052dabe42bd5087f91c SHA1: 2e620df388823d3d84785ca9d6cf03675d9b186b SHA256: aa152dc0e6c757a7f45404d625a1639028e2bfaaa495b3cfbcb528c15b6f61b3 Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com Description-en: NVIDIA DKMS package 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-435 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 nvidia-dkms-435 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-435 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-dkms-435

Install nvidia-dkms-435 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-dkms-435 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nvidia-dkms-435

Install nvidia-dkms-435 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-435 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-dkms-435

How To Uninstall nvidia-dkms-435 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the nvidia-dkms-435 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-dkms-435

Uninstall nvidia-dkms-435 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-dkms-435 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-dkms-435

Remove nvidia-dkms-435 Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-dkms-435 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-dkms-435

Remove nvidia-dkms-435 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nvidia-dkms-435 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-dkms-435

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-dkms-435 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.