How To Install nvidia-tesla-450-alternative on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-450-alternative on Kali Linux.

What is nvidia-tesla-450-alternative

nvidia-tesla-450-alternative is:

In setups with several NVIDIA driver versions installed (e.g. current and legacy) this metapackage registers an alternative to allow easy switching between the different versions.

Use ‘update-glx –config nvidia’ to select a version.

This package does not depend on the corresponding NVIDIA libraries. In order to install the NVIDIA driver and libraries, install the nvidia-tesla-450-driver package instead.

There are three methods to install nvidia-tesla-450-alternative 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-tesla-450-alternative 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-tesla-450-alternative using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-tesla-450-alternative

Install nvidia-tesla-450-alternative Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-tesla-450-alternative using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nvidia-tesla-450-alternative

Install nvidia-tesla-450-alternative 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-tesla-450-alternative using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-tesla-450-alternative

How To Uninstall nvidia-tesla-450-alternative on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nvidia-tesla-450-alternative package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-tesla-450-alternative

Uninstall nvidia-tesla-450-alternative And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-tesla-450-alternative and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-tesla-450-alternative

Remove nvidia-tesla-450-alternative Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-tesla-450-alternative configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-tesla-450-alternative

Remove nvidia-tesla-450-alternative configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nvidia-tesla-450-alternative configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-tesla-450-alternative

Dependencies

nvidia-tesla-450-alternative have the following dependencies:

• dpkg
• glx-alternative-nvidia

References

• nvidia-tesla-450-alternative website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-450-alternative package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.