How To Install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates on Ubuntu 18.04. nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates is Transitional package for nvidia-libopencl1-340

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates

nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates is:

This is a transitional package for nvidia-libopencl1-340, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.

There are three methods to install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-libopencl1-331-updates 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-libopencl1-331-updates using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates

Install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates

Install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates

How To Uninstall nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates

Uninstall nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates

Remove nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates

Remove nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.