How do I remove proprietary nVidia driver?

[powdered.toast.man]

From here http://wiki.siduction.de/index.php?title=Wie_entferne_ich_propriet%C3%A4re_nVidia-Treiber?
I used "Translate this" to get

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init 3
apt-get purge nvidia * ^ * ^ libnvidia xserver-xorg-video-nv
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install - reinstall xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-nouveau libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental
reboot
Just wanted to be sure it is translated accurately.

[devil]

It is a seriers of commands, there is nothing to translate. Just use as it is printed there.

greetz
devil

[towo]

I would make one change

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apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '/nvidia/{print $2}')


[powdered.toast.man]

It is a seriers of commands, there is nothing to translate. Just use as it is printed there.

greetz
devil

Good to know my terminal understands German, even i I don't.
Fröhliche Weihnachten!

[powdered.toast.man]

I would make one change

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apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '/nvidia/{print $2}')


that worked great towo. vielen Dank und Fröhliche Weihnachten!