I am trying to install a proprietary driver from nvidia for a dell laptop for which it is nvidia-375 to use the opengl 4.x features when developing applications
video card - nvidia geforce 920m
after all sorts of attempts to install the driver in the end after reboot, and got a black screen (which indicates incorrect driver installation)
in order to get rid of it - follow these steps (see the first answer) - the black screen disappeared, but an open-source nouveau driver was installed instead of nvidia in which opengl 3.3 only.
further decided to remove all the packages from nvidia through
sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*
but all packages say the following
Package 'nvidia-*' is not installed, so not removed
In general, here is the full conclusion
Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Package 'libgl1-nvidia-alternatives' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-vdpau-driver' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-driver' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-glx' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-kernel-amd64' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-kernel-686-pae' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-kernel-486' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-313' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-313' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-319' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-325' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-325-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-325' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-331' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'libgl1-nvidia-glx' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-cuda-debugger' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-compute-profiler' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-cuda-profiler' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-profiler' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-334' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-334-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-334' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-337' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-337-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-337' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-340' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-343' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-343-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-343' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-346' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-349' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-349-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-349' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-352' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-355' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-355-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-355' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-settings-304' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-settings-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-settings-310' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-settings-310-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-settings-313-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-settings-319' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-settings-319-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-settings-experimental-304' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-settings-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-173' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-173-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-310' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-310-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-310-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-310-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-313-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-313-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-310' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-310-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-cg-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-cg-doc' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-cg-toolkit' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-cuda-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-cuda-doc' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-cuda-gdb' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-cuda-toolkit' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-nsight' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-profiler' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-visual-profiler' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-prime' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-319' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-319-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-319-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-319-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-340-updates-uvm' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-346' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-346-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-346-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-346-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-346-updates-uvm' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-346-uvm' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-current-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-current-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-304' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-experimental-304-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-346' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-346-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-common' is not installed, so not removed Package 'boinc-nvidia-cuda' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-modprobe' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-settings' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-current' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-current-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'bumblebee-nvidia' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-304' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-304-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-304-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-331' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-331-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-331-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-331-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-331-updates-uvm' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-331' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-331-uvm' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-304' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-340' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-340-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-340' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-340-uvm' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-340-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-340-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-352' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-352-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-352' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-352' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-352-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-352-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-352-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-352-updates' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-361-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-361' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-361' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-361' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-367-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-367' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-367' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-367' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-370-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-370' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-370' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-370' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-375-dev' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-375' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-375' is not installed, so not removed Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-375' is not installed, so not removed The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: apt-clone archdetect-deb autogen bbswitch-dkms binutils-mingw-w64-i686 binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 dmraid g++-mingw-w64 g++-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 gcc-mingw-w64 gcc-mingw-w64-base gcc-mingw-w64-i686 gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 gfortran-mingw-w64 gfortran-mingw-w64-i686 gfortran-mingw-w64-x86-64 gir1.2-json-1.0 gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0 gir1.2-xkl-1.0 gnat-mingw-w64 gnat-mingw-w64-base gnat-mingw-w64-i686 gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64 kpartx kpartx-boot libdebian-installer4 libdevmapper-event1.02.1 libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 libjansson4 libjs-jquery libjs-jquery-ui libopts25 libopts25-dev libvdpau1 libxnvctrl0 lvm2 mingw-w64 mingw-w64-common mingw-w64-i686-dev mingw-w64-x86-64-dev python3-icu python3-pam quilt rdate screen-resolution-extra watershed Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Why these packages can not be removed?
I do sudo apt-get purge nvidia-common
conclusion similar -
Package 'nvidia-common' is not installed, so not removed says not installed but for
sudo apt-cache search nvidia-common
conclusion
ubuntu-drivers-common - Detect and install additional Ubuntu driver packages nvidia-common - transitional package for ubuntu-drivers-common what does it mean ?
and also why in additional drivers NVIDIA Corporation: Unknown ? what is it connected with?
In general, I do not know what to do what ...
