How To Install nvidia-modprobe on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is nvidia-modprobe

nvidia-modprobe is:

This setuid program is used to create NVIDIA Linux device files and load the NVIDIA kernel module, on behalf of NVIDIA Linux driver components which may not have sufficient privileges to perform these actions on their own.

There are three methods to install nvidia-modprobe 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-modprobe 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-modprobe using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-modprobe

Install nvidia-modprobe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nvidia-modprobe

Install nvidia-modprobe 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-modprobe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-modprobe

How To Uninstall nvidia-modprobe on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nvidia-modprobe package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-modprobe

Uninstall nvidia-modprobe And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-modprobe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-modprobe

Remove nvidia-modprobe Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-modprobe configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-modprobe

Remove nvidia-modprobe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-modprobe

Dependencies

nvidia-modprobe have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• nvidia-modprobe website

Summary

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