How To Install nvidia-installer-cleanup on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-installer-cleanup on Kali Linux.

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 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-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 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-installer-cleanup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-installer-cleanup

How To Uninstall nvidia-installer-cleanup on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• debconf

References

• nvidia-installer-cleanup website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-installer-cleanup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.