How To Install nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common on Kali Linux.

What is nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common

nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common is:

Vulkan is a multivendor open standard by the Khronos Group for 3D graphics.

This package provides the common files for the NVIDIA installable client driver (ICD) for Vulkan (non-GLVND variant).

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

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common

Install nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common

Install nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common 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-nonglvnd-vulkan-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common

How To Uninstall nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common

Uninstall nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common

Remove nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common

Remove nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common

Dependencies

nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common have the following dependencies:

References

• nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-common website

Summary

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