How To Install libnvidia-cfg1-470 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 354 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-cfg1-470 on Ubuntu.
What is libnvidia-cfg1-470
libnvidia-cfg1-470 is:
The NVIDIA binary driver provides optimized hardware acceleration of OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES applications via a direct-rendering X Server for graphics cards using NVIDIA chip sets.
This package contains the libnvidia-cfg.so.1 runtime library.
There are three methods to install libnvidia-cfg1-470 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnvidia-cfg1-470 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-cfg1-470 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-cfg1-470
Install libnvidia-cfg1-470 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-cfg1-470 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvidia-cfg1-470
Install libnvidia-cfg1-470 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-cfg1-470 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-cfg1-470
How To Uninstall libnvidia-cfg1-470 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libnvidia-cfg1-470 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-cfg1-470
Uninstall libnvidia-cfg1-470 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvidia-cfg1-470 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-cfg1-470
Remove libnvidia-cfg1-470 Configurations and Data
To remove libnvidia-cfg1-470 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-cfg1-470
Remove libnvidia-cfg1-470 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-cfg1-470 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-cfg1-470
Dependencies
libnvidia-cfg1-470 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-cfg1-470 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.