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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "nvidia-modprobe" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install nvidia-modprobe on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall nvidia-modprobe on Kali Linux:


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

Package: nvidia-modprobe
Version: 535.54.03-1
Installed-Size: 66
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 20580
SHA256: f25d64d888a464a2d87c88482b5dbf81a0dd4840ec7c0a770ce1c82f2dccfa42
SHA1: 72e1bb15696bd789739bae1c9ed8f5cf6c6e213c
MD5sum: 262c6be2da0604eff09d9289c4f0ea11
Description: utility to load NVIDIA kernel modules and create device nodes
This setuid program is used to create NVIDIA Linux device files and load the
NVIDIA kernel module, on behalf of NVIDIA Linux driver components which may
not have sufficient privileges to perform these actions on their own.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-modprobe
Section: contrib/utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/contrib/n/nvidia-modprobe/nvidia-modprobe_535.54.03-1_amd64.deb