How to Install and Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04" package

Please follow the steps below to install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04 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 "xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04 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 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.0.15-2~16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 274
Provides: xorg-driver-video, xorg-renamed-package, xorg-renamed-package-hwe-16.04, xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdrm-nouveau2 (>= 2.4.38), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.60), libudev1 (>= 183), xorg-video-abi-23, xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 (>= 2:1.18.99.901)
Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 9.0)
Suggests: firmware-misc-nonfree
Conflicts: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Replaces: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Filename: pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04_1.0.15-2~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 87000
MD5sum: 108df1f138926a3d1b11571cb1af249b
SHA1: 194738e0c67934b5e6ceb5475cd566c5ffda14c9
SHA256: d7c44a24cf3f6b5ba72915e1e8993788985caf0d6a01c6493b105e8ebaadecbe
SHA512: 3f8641f6b67b068f6a004c2a91ead07c77af065e01461b5f147753f2560c9b66337b60fd759aa57779bc3d5386a3428566b9487f31d8fb603f921bbf742b4654
Homepage: https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
Description-en: X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver
This driver for the X.Org X server (see xserver-xorg for a further description)
provides support for NVIDIA Riva, TNT, GeForce, and Quadro cards.
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This package provides 2D support including EXA acceleration, Xv and
RandR. 3D functionality is provided by the libgl1-mesa-dri package.
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This package is built from the FreeDesktop.org xf86-video-nouveau driver.
Description-md5: b084a16945b86c1eda89ad33dbb4530d
Supported: 5y