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

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "primus-nvidia" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install primus-nvidia on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall primus-nvidia on Kali Linux:


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

Package: primus-nvidia
Source: primus
Version: 0~20150328-16
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: nvidia-driver-libs | nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs | nvidia-driver-libs-any | bumblebee-nvidia, primus (= 0~20150328-16)
Recommends: nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
Size: 3756
SHA256: 2e072713a258afd47b1b9803665e2bba12d1a0561ea9530acf3babbe69b7af99
SHA1: 2b35dde869c90bdbdc3987e0195daf1a8130cccb
MD5sum: 8dcd5bd4ea18f590a1dacf8d9d26c8d4
Description: NVIDIA Primus support using the proprietary NVIDIA driver
This metapackage ensures that the proprietary NVIDIA driver is installed in a
way such that 3D acceleration does not break. It does so by configuring the
OpenGL library path to use the Mesa graphics library.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/amonakov/primus
Section: contrib/utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/contrib/p/primus/primus-nvidia_0~20150328-16_amd64.deb