How To Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 is:
This is a transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 Architecture: amd64 Version: 440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6 Priority: optional Section: restricted/x11 Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 6528 Provides: nvidia-driver-binary, xorg-driver-binary, xorg-driver-video Depends: libnvidia-cfg1-440 (= 440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6), xorg-video-abi-24 | xorg-video-abi-23 | xorg-video-abi-20 | xorg-video-abi-19 | xorg-video-abi-18 | xorg-video-abi-15 | xorg-video-abi-14 | xorg-video-abi-13 | xorg-video-abi-12 | xorg-video-abi-11 | xorg-video-abi-10 | xorg-video-abi-8 | xorg-video-abi-6.0, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu2~), libc6 (>= 2.2.5) Conflicts: nvidia-driver-binary, xorg-driver-binary Replaces: nvidia-driver-binary, xorg-driver-binary Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440_440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb Size: 1480024 MD5sum: b85c1f38c8ea5368b8d84e7678caf12e SHA1: f0536b82e1dc79ee695c8affc390e2a71d550e5f SHA256: 18c551234b7972d07050a1146331e9ff1f74b821e15ead44d226e6689fcee65c Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com Description-en: NVIDIA binary Xorg driver 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.
See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-440/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440
How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440
Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 Configurations and Data
To remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-440 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.