How To Install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper on Kali Linux. nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper is thin wrapper for using the NVIDIA binary Vulkan ICD with bumblebee

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper on Kali Linux.

What is nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper

nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper is:

This library is a thin wrapper around the Vulkan API functions of the nvidia Vulkan driver. The Vulkan driver misbehaves for example by reading the DISPLAY environment variable and connecting to that display server. This library works around that misbehaviour, so the driver can be used with bumblebee.

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

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper

Install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper

Install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper 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-primus-vk-wrapper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper

How To Uninstall nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper

Uninstall nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper

Remove nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper

Remove nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper

Dependencies

nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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