How To Install nvidia-tesla-kernel-source on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-kernel-source on Debian 12.
What is nvidia-tesla-kernel-source
nvidia-tesla-kernel-source is:
This package provides the source for the NVIDIA binary kernel modules needed by nvidia-tesla-driver in a form suitable for use by module-assistant.
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-kernel-source/README.Debian.gz for building information. If you want the kernel module to be automatically installed via DKMS, install nvidia-tesla-kernel-dkms instead.
This version only supports GeForce, NVS, Quadro, RTX, Tesla, … GPUs based on the Maxwell, Pascal, Volta, Turing, Ampere or newer architectures. Look at the legacy driver or Tesla driver packages for older cards.
See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-tesla-kernel-source/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
Building the kernel modules has been tested up to Linux 6.2.
There are three methods to install nvidia-tesla-kernel-source 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-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-kernel-source using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-tesla-kernel-source
Install nvidia-tesla-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-kernel-source using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-tesla-kernel-source
Install nvidia-tesla-kernel-source 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-kernel-source using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-tesla-kernel-source
How To Uninstall nvidia-tesla-kernel-source on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvidia-tesla-kernel-source package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-tesla-kernel-source
Uninstall nvidia-tesla-kernel-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-tesla-kernel-source and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-tesla-kernel-source
Remove nvidia-tesla-kernel-source Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-tesla-kernel-source configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-tesla-kernel-source
Remove nvidia-tesla-kernel-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-tesla-kernel-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-tesla-kernel-source
Dependencies
nvidia-tesla-kernel-source have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-tesla-kernel-source package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
