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

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "nvidia-modprobe" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install nvidia-modprobe on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall nvidia-modprobe on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: nvidia-modprobe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 470.57.02-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 50
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Filename: pool/multiverse/n/nvidia-modprobe/nvidia-modprobe_470.57.02-1_amd64.deb
Size: 14268
MD5sum: 2374cf188e4da29daaeec91a378fe48f
SHA1: aa2f5d06b6a2210cf3482bf7a583b308b47d1c09
SHA256: 185a3b651542ccc9e6efd1a5879b6b7d41017f7dd1024ce39493dec0a16e8eb6
SHA512: 4fd47268b6a94a45dcba4fbaaea015afac1aca563f2c94949ab37bee22fbbe97e1a68d0541ed5ac33527c565666ab973c2787d94232b87466f3c929246f63df9
Homepage: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-modprobe
Description-en: 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: 681d2ef8dc157284d3ffc1ee5f3b75f7