How To Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 on Ubuntu.
What is xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 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.
See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-510/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 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 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510
Install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 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 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510
How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510
Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 Configurations and Data
To remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510
Remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510
Dependencies
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-510 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.