How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-tesla-alternative Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "nvidia-tesla-alternative" package

This is a short guide on how to install nvidia-tesla-alternative on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "nvidia-tesla-alternative" package

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


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

Package: nvidia-tesla-alternative
Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla
Version: 525.147.05-7
Installed-Size: 190
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: nvidia-alternative-any, nvidia-tesla-alternative--kmod-alias, nvidia-tesla-alternative-525.147.05
Depends: glx-alternative-nvidia (>= 1.2)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.21), nvidia-tesla-legacy-check (>= 495)
Conflicts: libegl1-glvnd-nvidia, libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx, libgles1-glvnd-nvidia, libgles2-glvnd-nvidia, libglvnd0-nvidia, libglx0-glvnd-nvidia, libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia, nvidia-legacy-304xx-alternative, nvidia-legacy-340xx-alternative, nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative, nvidia-tesla-418-alternative, nvidia-tesla-450-alternative, nvidia-tesla-460-alternative, nvidia-tesla-510-alternative
Size: 146112
SHA256: 83ea9dcb135760aa87a601583e1948fb8555d1c556b5d1290a43c8b965d56110
SHA1: 7e1de8de7ee0c6e174b6566558dfcef9836da1ef
MD5sum: bd8329cd744ea7f77055bbdb8a3a1565
Description: allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider (Tesla 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-tesla-driver package instead.
Description-md5:
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-tesla/nvidia-tesla-alternative_525.147.05-7_amd64.deb