How To Install nvidia-installer-cleanup on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-installer-cleanup on Debian 12.
What is nvidia-installer-cleanup
nvidia-installer-cleanup is:
This package ensures that no remnants of the non-free NVIDIA graphics drivers that were installed with the nvidia-installer remain on the system. Such an installation conflicts with the packaged drivers.
Furthermore using the nvidia-installer to install a new version of the drivers is prevented as long as this package is installed.
There are three methods to install nvidia-installer-cleanup on Debian 12. 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-installer-cleanup 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-installer-cleanup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-installer-cleanup
Install nvidia-installer-cleanup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-installer-cleanup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-installer-cleanup
Install nvidia-installer-cleanup 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-installer-cleanup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-installer-cleanup
How To Uninstall nvidia-installer-cleanup on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvidia-installer-cleanup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-installer-cleanup
Uninstall nvidia-installer-cleanup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-installer-cleanup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-installer-cleanup
Remove nvidia-installer-cleanup Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-installer-cleanup configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-installer-cleanup
Remove nvidia-installer-cleanup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-installer-cleanup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-installer-cleanup
Dependencies
nvidia-installer-cleanup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-installer-cleanup package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.