How To Install nvidia-legacy-check on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-legacy-check on Debian 12.
What is nvidia-legacy-check
nvidia-legacy-check is:
This package checks whether the system contains NVIDIA GPUs that are no longer supported by the main driver line and require a legacy driver.
If such hardware is present, a (preseedable) debconf question will be asked to confirm the installation of the current driver line.
There are three methods to install nvidia-legacy-check 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-legacy-check 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-legacy-check using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-legacy-check
Install nvidia-legacy-check Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-legacy-check using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-legacy-check
Install nvidia-legacy-check 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-legacy-check using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-legacy-check
How To Uninstall nvidia-legacy-check on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvidia-legacy-check package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-legacy-check
Uninstall nvidia-legacy-check And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-legacy-check and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-legacy-check
Remove nvidia-legacy-check Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-legacy-check configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-legacy-check
Remove nvidia-legacy-check configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-legacy-check configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-legacy-check
Dependencies
nvidia-legacy-check have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-legacy-check package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
