How to Install and Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nouveau Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "xserver-xorg-video-nouveau" package

Please follow the guidance below to install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

2. Uninstall "xserver-xorg-video-nouveau" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nouveau on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Version: 1:1.0.16-1
Installed-Size: 481
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Provides: xorg-driver-video
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdrm-nouveau2 (>= 2.4.38), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.61), libudev1 (>= 183), xorg-video-abi-24, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.18.99.901)
Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 9.0)
Suggests: firmware-misc-nonfree
Description: X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver
Description-md5: b084a16945b86c1eda89ad33dbb4530d
Homepage: https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::video, role::plugin, use::driver,
x11::xserver
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau_1.0.16-1_amd64.deb
Size: 329112
MD5sum: ea96b28efdec8040ea45cc99b7012b40
SHA256: a5b693f5fd9aadb1d97894ffe0f76000717f454723fad67f2b0a5e899c1a1334