How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative on Kali Linux


    
        
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2. Uninstall "nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative package on Kali Linux

Package: nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative
Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx
Version: 390.154-1
Installed-Size: 237
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: nvidia-alternative-any, nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative--kmod-alias
Depends: glx-alternative-nvidia (>= 0.8.4~)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.21)
Conflicts: libegl1-glvnd-nvidia, libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx, libgldispatch0-nvidia, libgles1-glvnd-nvidia, libgles2-glvnd-nvidia, libglvnd0-nvidia, libglx0-glvnd-nvidia, libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia
Size: 200864
SHA256: a268668efb886d1c208457f166efab96e4e739a6e6a45e9ed2f051a4d1984a4e
SHA1: 02d6f9bf4b5302a49dd834b5aa90c201dcb9acdc
MD5sum: b80d1d7d9be43ab4f02d3a42d1d811a1
Description: allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider (390xx legacy version)
In setups with several NVIDIA driver versions installed (e.g. current and
legacy) this metapackage registers an alternative to allow easy switching
between the different versions.
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Use 'update-glx --config nvidia' to select a version.
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This package does not depend on the corresponding NVIDIA libraries.
In order to install the NVIDIA driver and libraries, install the
nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver package instead.
Description-md5: 920ec173cdd5c9c2b323ad02ecdecc5b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.nvidia.com
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: non-free/libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx/nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative_390.154-1_amd64.deb