How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-headless-390 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "nvidia-headless-390" package

This is a short guide on how to install nvidia-headless-390 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "nvidia-headless-390" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall nvidia-headless-390 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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-headless-390 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: nvidia-headless-390
Architecture: amd64
Version: 390.144-0ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: restricted/libs
Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 23
Provides: nvidia-headless
Depends: nvidia-headless-no-dkms-390, nvidia-dkms-390
Conflicts: nvidia-headless
Replaces: nvidia-headless
Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/nvidia-headless-390_390.144-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 7140
MD5sum: 15d9f3e500551bc881d1216ad0319829
SHA1: 0335af400ef6c1d7c9c7593f5e818ff0ec154d95
SHA256: a207174eacd80ad4fdd62e585283750decc94aa242a676b6da9fa308c2e66805
SHA512: 10fad37792f41e1d3ec029b66c90adb9c465039110bef560b9e3bde1f08ad68c6e56771f9c1a2a2e69b6f89857a4ee451d681208d7ae6216d6c5f25404dd6e0f
Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com
Description-en: NVIDIA headless metapackage
This metapackage installs the NVIDIA driver and the libraries that enable
parallel general purpose computation through CUDA and
OpenCL.
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Install this package if you do not need X11 or Wayland support, which is
provided by the nvidia-driver-390 metapackage.
Description-md5: 86d5105d59972487393b3dbe5c901379