How To Install nvidia-driver-455 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-driver-455
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nvidia-driver-455
nvidia-driver-455 is:
This is a transitional package for nvidia-driver-460, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
There are three methods to install nvidia-driver-455
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-driver-455 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-driver-455
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-driver-455
Install nvidia-driver-455 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-driver-455
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-driver-455
Install nvidia-driver-455 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-driver-455
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-driver-455
How To Uninstall nvidia-driver-455 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-driver-455
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-driver-455
Uninstall nvidia-driver-455 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-driver-455
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-driver-455
Remove nvidia-driver-455 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-driver-455
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-driver-455
Remove nvidia-driver-455 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-driver-455
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-driver-455
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-driver-455
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.