How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-driver Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "nvidia-driver" package

This tutorial shows how to install nvidia-driver on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nvidia-driver
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nvidia-driver" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall nvidia-driver on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nvidia-driver package on Kali Linux

Package: nvidia-driver
Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Version: 525.147.05-6
Installed-Size: 1383
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: nvidia-driver-any, nvidia-glx-any
Depends: nvidia-driver-libs (= 525.147.05-6), nvidia-driver-bin (= 525.147.05-6), xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (= 525.147.05-6), nvidia-vdpau-driver (= 525.147.05-6), nvidia-alternative (= 525.147.05-6), nvidia-kernel-dkms (= 525.147.05-6) | nvidia-kernel-525.147.05 | nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05 | nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05, nvidia-support
Pre-Depends: nvidia-installer-cleanup, nvidia-legacy-check (>= 495)
Recommends: nvidia-settings (>= 525), libnvidia-cfg1 (= 525.147.05-6), nvidia-persistenced
Suggests: nvidia-kernel-dkms (>= 525.147.05) | nvidia-kernel-source (>= 525.147.05) | nvidia-open-kernel-source (>= 525.147.05) | nvidia-open-kernel-source (>= 525.147.05)
Size: 500044
SHA256: 6c78a95d6177a0dc2a5ec5d1844649d24a6f924e499bda383601fce092061917
SHA1: b1c4fac35b7f6441639aa168c7a735373d9ce4e0
MD5sum: 6bfc9a80581c7ae08423c049a49148a8
Description: NVIDIA metapackage
This metapackage depends on the NVIDIA binary driver and libraries
that provide optimized hardware acceleration of
OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES/Vulkan applications via a direct-rendering X Server.
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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-525.147.05
(nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05).
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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.
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See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver/README.txt.gz
for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
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Building the kernel module has been tested up to Linux 6.7.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.nvidia.com
Section: non-free/x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-driver_525.147.05-6_amd64.deb