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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "nvidia-persistenced" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install nvidia-persistenced on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall nvidia-persistenced on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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-persistenced package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: nvidia-persistenced
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/utils
Installed-Size: 66
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 361.28-1
Replaces: nvidia-driver (<< 340.46-4~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Breaks: nvidia-driver (<< 340.46-4~)
Filename: pool/multiverse/n/nvidia-persistenced/nvidia-persistenced_361.28-1_amd64.deb
Size: 19910
MD5sum: 39342dba400f2dbd60c7ae02a007a6f8
SHA1: 7ebeab84de8149f5504d8a00d3f762a19d8ccd2a
SHA256: 19ec723d9c1d318090e385c8a3903c1fef0c1f68051063912834761535cfa861
Description-en: daemon to maintain persistent software state in the NVIDIA driver
When persistence mode is enabled, the daemon prevents the driver from
releasing device state when the device is not in use.
This can improve the startup time of new clients in this scenario.
Description-md5: 14c6e143827155e1cde8662563f7ee85
Homepage: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-persistenced
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu