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

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "nvidia-driver-libs" package

This is a short guide on how to install nvidia-driver-libs on Kali Linux


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall nvidia-driver-libs 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-libs package on Kali Linux

Package: nvidia-driver-libs
Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Version: 525.147.05-6
Installed-Size: 161
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: nvidia-driver-libs-any
Depends: libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx (= 525.147.05-6), nvidia-egl-icd (= 525.147.05-6)
Recommends: nvidia-driver-libs:i386 (= 525.147.05-6), libopengl0 | libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia, libglx-nvidia0 (= 525.147.05-6), libgles-nvidia1 (= 525.147.05-6), libgles-nvidia2 (= 525.147.05-6), libnvidia-cfg1 (= 525.147.05-6), libnvidia-encode1 (= 525.147.05-6), nvidia-vulkan-icd (= 525.147.05-6), libnvidia-allocator1 (= 525.147.05-6)
Conflicts: libegl1-glvnd-nvidia, libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx, libgles1-glvnd-nvidia, libgles2-glvnd-nvidia, libglvnd0-nvidia, libglx0-glvnd-nvidia, libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia
Breaks: libegl1-nvidia, libgl1-nvidia-glx, nvidia-driver-libs-nonglvnd, nvidia-nonglvnd-vulkan-icd
Size: 141104
SHA256: eb3bedfa2ac6b4a7467ac77637d7021111b4ab543437e4944e5b56f32348e426
SHA1: da981a3c3ccf2c958a75b907144aa357930bfb00
MD5sum: 73aa52137fd4edc659cc8033c1783840
Description: NVIDIA metapackage (OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries)
This metapackage depends on the NVIDIA binary libraries
that provide optimized hardware acceleration of
OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES applications via a direct-rendering X Server.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.nvidia.com
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: non-free/libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-driver-libs_525.147.05-6_amd64.deb