Linux install without NVidia bloatware

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Linux install without NVidia bloatware

Post by ETA_2025 »

The recommended package(s) of fah-client is

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nvidia-opencl-icd
which includes 27 other packages, and is 363.2MB in total.

To install just fah-client, use the following command:

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sudo apt install --no-install-recommends /<path>/fah-client_8.4.9_arm64.deb -y
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Re: Linux install without NVidia bloatware

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That no recommend command might avoid installing another package which deals with Keep Awake option ;)
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Re: Linux install without NVidia bloatware

Post by ETA_2025 »

muziqaz wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 9:19 pm That no recommend command might avoid installing another package which deals with Keep Awake option ;)
Not for

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fah-client_8.4.9_arm64.deb

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nvidia-opencl-icd
is the only recommended package

You can check all the package install options (Pre-Depends, Depends, Recommends, Suggests, Conflicts, Replaces & more) using:

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apt show /<path>/fah-client_8.4.9_arm64.deb
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Re: Linux install without NVidia bloatware

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Keep awake package is distro dependant :)
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