How To Install nvidia-kernel-source on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-kernel-source
on Kali Linux.
What is nvidia-kernel-source
nvidia-kernel-source is:
This package provides the source for the NVIDIA Xorg binary kernel module needed by nvidia-driver in a form suitable for use by module-assistant or kernel-package.
The NVIDIA binary driver provides optimized hardware acceleration of OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES applications via a direct-rendering X Server for graphics cards using NVIDIA chip sets.
PLEASE read /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian.gz for building information. If you want the kernel module to be automatically installed via DKMS, install nvidia-kernel-dkms instead.
This version only supports GeForce, Quadro, NVS, Tesla, … GPUs based on the Kepler (desktop cards only), Maxwell, Volta, Turing, or newer architectures. Look at the legacy packages for older cards.
See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
This package contains the blobs for building kernel modules for the amd64 architecture. Building the kernel modules has been tested up to Linux 5.10.
There are three methods to install nvidia-kernel-source
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-kernel-source 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-kernel-source
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-kernel-source
Install nvidia-kernel-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-kernel-source
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-kernel-source
Install nvidia-kernel-source 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-kernel-source
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-kernel-source
How To Uninstall nvidia-kernel-source on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nvidia-kernel-source
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-kernel-source
Uninstall nvidia-kernel-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-kernel-source
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-kernel-source
Remove nvidia-kernel-source Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-kernel-source
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-kernel-source
Remove nvidia-kernel-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-kernel-source
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-kernel-source
Dependencies
nvidia-kernel-source have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-kernel-source
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.