How To Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 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.
See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-470/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-470 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-470 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 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-470 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 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-470 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470
How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470
Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 Configurations and Data
To remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
