How To Install nvidia-smi on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-smi on Kali Linux.
What is nvidia-smi
nvidia-smi is:
The NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) provides a monitoring and management API. The application “nvidia-smi” is the NVIDIA System Management Interface (NVSMI) and provides a command line interface to this functionality.
See the output from the –help command line option for supported models and further information.
There are three methods to install nvidia-smi 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-smi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nvidia-smi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-smiInstall nvidia-smi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nvidia-smi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-smiInstall nvidia-smi 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nvidia-smi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-smiHow To Uninstall nvidia-smi on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nvidia-smi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-smiUninstall nvidia-smi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-smi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-smiRemove nvidia-smi Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-smi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-smiRemove nvidia-smi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-smi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-smiDependencies
nvidia-smi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-smi package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.