How To Install nvidia-legacy-check on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-legacy-check on Kali Linux. nvidia-legacy-check is check for NVIDIA GPUs requiring a legacy driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-legacy-check on Kali Linux.

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 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-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 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-legacy-check using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-legacy-check

How To Uninstall nvidia-legacy-check on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.