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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "nvidia-persistenced" package

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


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall nvidia-persistenced 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-persistenced package on Kali Linux

Package: nvidia-persistenced
Version: 525.147.05-1
Installed-Size: 91
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libnvidia-cfg1 | libnvidia-tesla-470-cfg1 | libnvidia-cfg.so.1 | libnvidia-cfg1-any, adduser, libc6 (>= 2.34), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Size: 26568
SHA256: fc2ef66f4fbc72792a47c6438c8b2885915161108864710392191c4318185aa6
SHA1: 5c950ca7c4cb2a486541cfc06861d628f330d05b
MD5sum: fbb5c7b8f5dd5e80c76df18d3f141c30
Description: daemon to maintain persistent software state in the NVIDIA driver
When persistence mode is enabled, the daemon prevents the driver from
releasing device state when the device is not in use.
This can improve the startup time of new clients in this scenario.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-persistenced
Section: contrib/utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/contrib/n/nvidia-persistenced/nvidia-persistenced_525.147.05-1_amd64.deb