How To Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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-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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.