How To Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia on Kali Linux. xserver-xorg-video-nvidia is NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia on Kali Linux.

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 or nvidia-kernel-source packages for building the kernel module required by this package. This will provide nvidia-kernel-460.73.01.

This version only supports GeForce, Quadro, NVS, Tesla, … GPUs based on the Kepler (desktop cards only), Maxwell, Volta, Turing, or newer architectures. Look at the legacy 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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.