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nvidia-detect installed but the command not found

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I was reinstalling nvidia driver on my Debian 12, but couldn't get nvidia-detect working: it is installed and can be seen from apt list but the command is not found.
$ apt search nvidia-detect
nvidia-detect/unknown,now 570.172.08-1 amd64 [installed]
  Transitional dummy package

$ apt list --installed | ag nvidia
nvidia-detet/unknown,now 570.172.08-1 amd64 [installed]

$ nvidia-detect
bash: nvidia-detect: command not found
Why is nvidia-detect a **Transitional dummy package**? and why can't I use it? What is the problem here?
Asked by Rahn (289 rep)
Jul 18, 2025, 03:06 PM
Last activity: Jul 18, 2025, 05:45 PM