How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-modprobe Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "nvidia-modprobe" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install nvidia-modprobe on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall nvidia-modprobe on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: nvidia-modprobe
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/utils
Installed-Size: 48
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 361.28-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/multiverse/n/nvidia-modprobe/nvidia-modprobe_361.28-1_amd64.deb
Size: 15916
MD5sum: c6c606d352ee5a84646c20dd0103bd98
SHA1: 1c25b87b6fec781d01ee982fe0a4824c8f12bb2f
SHA256: 05e53b08730399a7ae2db58fb752c588738b9e5d4c813c0e90db386cfa5223f9
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
Homepage: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-modprobe
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu