How To Install nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source on Kali Linux. nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source is NVIDIA binary kernel module source (Tesla 450 version)

Introduction

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

What is nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source

nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source is:

This package provides the source for the NVIDIA Xorg binary kernel module needed by nvidia-tesla-450-driver in a form suitable for use by module-assistant or kernel-package.

The NVIDIA binary driver provides optimized hardware acceleration of OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES applications via a direct-rendering X Server for graphics cards using NVIDIA chip sets.

PLEASE read /usr/share/doc/nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source/README.Debian.gz for building information. If you want the kernel module to be automatically installed via DKMS, install nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-dkms instead.

This version only supports GeForce, Quadro, NVS, Tesla, … GPUs based on the Kepler (desktop cards only), Maxwell, Volta, Turing, or newer architectures. Look at the legacy packages for older cards.

See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.

This package contains the blobs for building kernel modules for the amd64 architecture. Building the kernel modules has been tested up to Linux 5.10.

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

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source

Install nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source

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

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source

How To Uninstall nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source

Uninstall nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source 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-kernel-source

Remove nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source

Dependencies

nvidia-tesla-450-kernel-source have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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