How To Install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin on Debian 12.
What is nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin
nvidia-tesla-470-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-470-driver-bin 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-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-470-driver-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin
Install nvidia-tesla-470-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-470-driver-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin
Install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin 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-driver-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin
How To Uninstall nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin
Uninstall nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin 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-driver-bin
Remove nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin
Remove nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin
Dependencies
nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
