How To Install nvidia-tesla-470-alternative on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-470-alternative on Debian 12.
What is nvidia-tesla-470-alternative
nvidia-tesla-470-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-470-driver package instead.
There are three methods to install nvidia-tesla-470-alternative on Debian 12. 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-470-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-470-alternative using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-tesla-470-alternative
Install nvidia-tesla-470-alternative Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-tesla-470-alternative using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-tesla-470-alternative
Install nvidia-tesla-470-alternative Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-tesla-470-alternative using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-tesla-470-alternative
How To Uninstall nvidia-tesla-470-alternative on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvidia-tesla-470-alternative package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-tesla-470-alternative
Uninstall nvidia-tesla-470-alternative And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-tesla-470-alternative and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-tesla-470-alternative
Remove nvidia-tesla-470-alternative Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-tesla-470-alternative configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-tesla-470-alternative
Remove nvidia-tesla-470-alternative configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-tesla-470-alternative configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-tesla-470-alternative
Dependencies
nvidia-tesla-470-alternative have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-470-alternative package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
