How To Install nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin on Kali Linux. nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin is NVIDIA driver support binaries (Tesla 460 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin on Kali Linux.

What is nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin

nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin is:

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.

This package contains supporting binaries for the driver.

There are three methods to install nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin 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-460-driver-bin 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-460-driver-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin

Install nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin

Install nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin 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-460-driver-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin

How To Uninstall nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin

Uninstall nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin

Remove nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin

Remove nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin

Dependencies

nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.