- Login as root
sudo -s
- Purge all nvidia packages:
apt-get purge *nvidia*
apt autoremove
Because pointers can be ugh
To understand a pointer, let's review "regular" variables first. If you're familiar with a programming language without pointers like JavaScript, this is what you think when you hear "variable".
When declaring a variable by identifier (or name), the variable is synonymous with its value.