How To Install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs on Debian 12.
What is nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs
nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs is:
This metapackage depends on the NVIDIA binary libraries that provide optimized hardware acceleration of OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES applications via a direct-rendering X Server.
There are three methods to install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs 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-libs 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-libs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs
Install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs 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-libs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs
Install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs 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-libs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs
How To Uninstall nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs
Uninstall nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs 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-libs
Remove nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs
Remove nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs
Dependencies
nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.