How To Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla on Debian 12.
What is xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla 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-tesla-kernel-dkms (nvidia-tesla-open-kernel-dkms) or nvidia-tesla-kernel-source (nvidia-tesla-open-kernel-source) packages for building the kernel module required by this package. This will provide nvidia-tesla-kernel-525.105.17 (nvidia-tesla-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-tesla-driver/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla 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-tesla 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-tesla using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla 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-tesla using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla 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-tesla using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla
How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla
Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla 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-tesla
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla Configurations and Data
To remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla
Dependencies
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla have the following dependencies:
- nvidia-installer-cleanup
- nvidia-tesla-legacy-check
- nvidia-tesla-alternative
- nvidia-support
- xorg-video-abi-25
- xserver-xorg-core
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
