How To Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia on Debian 12.
What is xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 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.
Please see the nvidia-kernel-dkms (nvidia-open-kernel-dkms) or nvidia-kernel-source (nvidia-open-kernel-source) packages for building the kernel module required by this package. This will provide nvidia-kernel-525.105.17 (nvidia-open-kernel-525.105.17).
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-driver/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 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 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 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 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 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 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-video-nvidia package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia Configurations and Data
To remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
Dependencies
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia have the following dependencies:
- nvidia-installer-cleanup
- nvidia-legacy-check
- nvidia-alternative
- nvidia-support
- xorg-video-abi-25
- xserver-xorg-core
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.