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- Guide on Install/Update/Remove nvidia on Arch Linux (Manjaro, Parabola)
- Table of Contents
- nvidia (Extra) link
- Install extra/nvidia link
- Update extra/nvidia link
- Remove extra/nvidia link
- nvidia (Testing) link
- Install testing/nvidia link
- Update testing/nvidia link
- Remove testing/nvidia link
- nvidia (extra-testing) link
- Install extra-testing/nvidia link
- Update extra-testing/nvidia link
- Remove extra-testing/nvidia link
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- #2 2011-02-12 01:30:15
- Re: [SOLVED]Help: can’t uninstall nvidia drivers
- #3 2011-02-12 01:34:12
- Re: [SOLVED]Help: can’t uninstall nvidia drivers
- #4 2011-02-12 14:12:06
- Re: [SOLVED]Help: can’t uninstall nvidia drivers
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Guide on Install/Update/Remove nvidia on Arch Linux (Manjaro, Parabola)
There are 3 packages from Extra, Testing and extra-testing are named nvidia . We would recommend going with either the packages from the official repositories or an AUR package with a good reputation.
Table of Contents
nvidia (Extra) link
extra/nvidia is «NVIDIA drivers for linux» quoting from its gist. To install or remove extra/nvidia from Arch official repository (Extra) on Arch Linux and Arch-based distributions (e.g. Manjaro, EndeavourOS, Anarchy, RebornOS, Parabola) is rather uncomplicated. This guide will be covering how to install/update/uninstall the package with either the built-in package manager pacman or an AUR helper (e.g. yay ).
Install extra/nvidia link
Two typical methods are used to install extra/nvidia from Arch official repository (Extra). pacman is what you’re looking for if you’re an experienced Linux user and have the knowledge of how packages are built. Otherwise, yay is a popular alternative to install packages without the necessity to review PKGBUILD and build packages with makepkg on your own.
Using pacman link
sudo pacman -S extra/nvidia
Using yay link
yay -S --repo extra/nvidia
Update extra/nvidia link
Since Arch is a rolling-release Linux distribution, it is required to do a whole system upgrade before updating an official package due to safety reason.
Using pacman link
sudo pacman -Syu
Using yay link
Remove extra/nvidia link
Uninstalling packages is the simplest of these three,just choose whether to purge the unused dependencies and the configuration files used by the package.
Using pacman link
sudo pacman -R nvidia
sudo pacman -Rs nvidia
sudo pacman -Rns nvidia
Using yay link
yay -Rs nvidia
yay -Rns nvidia
nvidia (Testing) link
It might not be a good practice to install a developing package ( testing/nvidia ) unless you know what you’re doing.
«NVIDIA drivers for linux» is their definition of testing/nvidia . To install testing/nvidia from Arch official testing repository (Testing) on Arch Linux, Manjaro, EndeavourOS, BlackArch, Artix and Anarchy is relatively straightforward. This guide will taught you how to install/update/uninstall the package with either the default package manager pacman or an AUR helper like yay .
Install testing/nvidia link
To install packages from Testing, first you’ll need to uncomment [testing] section of /etc/pacman.conf , then use sudo pacman -Syu to update the packages list and upgrade your system.
Two well known ways are used to install the developing version of testing/nvidia from Arch official repository (Testing). pacman is the choice for you if you’re comfortable using Arch Linux and understand the concept of how packages are built. If not, yay is a common alternative to install packages without the hassle of reviewing PKGBUILD and build packages with makepkg yourself.
Using pacman link
sudo pacman -S testing/nvidia
Using yay link
yay -S --repo testing/nvidia
Update testing/nvidia link
Since Arch is a rolling-release Linux distribution, it is required to do a whole system upgrade before updating an official package due to safety reason.
Using pacman link
sudo pacman -Syu
Using yay link
Remove testing/nvidia link
Compared to installing and updating packages, removing is the most uncomplicated of these three,just choose whether to purge the dependencies that no longer required by other packages and the configuration files generated by the package.
Using pacman link
sudo pacman -R nvidia
sudo pacman -Rs nvidia
sudo pacman -Rns nvidia
Using yay link
yay -Rs nvidia
yay -Rns nvidia
nvidia (extra-testing) link
extra-testing/nvidia is «NVIDIA drivers for linux» according to its definition. To install this package ( extra-testing/nvidia ) from Arch official repository (extra-testing) on Arch Linux, Manjaro, EndeavourOS, Artix, RebornOS and Parabola is fairly simple. This guide will taught you how to install/update/uninstall the package with either the default package manager pacman or an AUR helper (e.g. yay ).
Install extra-testing/nvidia link
There are commonly two approaches to install extra-testing/nvidia from Arch official repository (extra-testing). pacman is what you’re looking for if you are a seasoned Linux user and know the concept of how packages are built. If not, yay is an acceptable alternative to install packages without the hassle of reviewing PKGBUILD and build packages with makepkg by yourself.
Using pacman link
sudo pacman -S extra-testing/nvidia
Using yay link
yay -S --repo extra-testing/nvidia
Update extra-testing/nvidia link
Since Arch is a rolling-release Linux distro, it is required to do a whole system upgrade before updating an official package due to safety reason.
Using pacman link
Request pacman to do a whole system upgrade which will update any packages you have installed before:
sudo pacman -Syu
Using yay link
Remove extra-testing/nvidia link
Compared to installing and updating packages, uninstalling is the easiest of these three,all you have to do is choose whether to keep the unused dependencies and the configuration files generated by the package.
Using pacman link
sudo pacman -R nvidia
sudo pacman -Rs nvidia
sudo pacman -Rns nvidia
Using yay link
yay -Rs nvidia
yay -Rns nvidia
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I’m having a lot of problems lately with my resolution and before using nouveau which im using now I installed the nvidia drivers from the official repository. I was not able to find any documentation on how to uninstall completely
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I’ve tried sudo pacman -R nvidia nvidia-driver, but only nvidia is uninstalled and the nvidia-driver I get this errors
archuser@archws ~ % sudo pacman -R nvidia-utils
checking dependencies.
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: lib32-libgl: requires libgl
:: libva: requires libgl
:: mesa: requires libgl
:: mplayer: requires libgl
:: nvidia: requires nvidia-utils=260.19.36
:: qt: requires libgl
:: xorg-xdriinfo: requires libgl
Last edited by aluser (2011-02-12 01:34:40)
#2 2011-02-12 01:30:15
Re: [SOLVED]Help: can’t uninstall nvidia drivers
The packages you need to remove are nvidia and nvidia-utils. If you get such dependency warnings, you can force the remove with pacman -Rd nvidia nvidia-utils. You can then install xf86-video-nouveau and nouveau-dri if you want.
#3 2011-02-12 01:34:12
Re: [SOLVED]Help: can’t uninstall nvidia drivers
The packages you need to remove are nvidia and nvidia-utils. If you get such dependency warnings, you can force the remove with pacman -Rd nvidia nvidia-utils. You can then install xf86-video-nouveau and nouveau-dri if you want.
Thanks alot! I never knew such command existed.
#4 2011-02-12 14:12:06
Mr.Elendig #archlinux@freenode channel op From: The intertubes Registered: 2004-11-07 Posts: 4,086
Re: [SOLVED]Help: can’t uninstall nvidia drivers
Don’t forget to install libgl after -Rd nvidia-utils.
Evil #archlinux@libera.chat channel op and general support dude.
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