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nvidia-drivers: hint how to determine ${DRIVER_BRANCH} for removal (#283)

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* Update install-nvidia-drivers.md

Tooling does not automate selecting for removal, suggest how one can determine nvidia version numbers they might want to remove.

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@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ Remove any NVIDIA packages from your system:
sudo apt --purge remove '*nvidia*${DRIVER_BRANCH}*'
```
If you are unsure which `${DRIVER_BRANCH}` to pick for removal you might look at the installed nvidia packages and see the different `${DRIVER_BRANCH}` numbers that are present on your system.
Since `autoremove` will take care of all indirect dependencies it is sufficient to list those that have been directly installed by using `apt-mark`.
```bash
apt-mark showmanual | grep nvidia`.
```
Remove any additional packages that may have been installed as a dependency (e.g. the `i386` libraries on amd64 systems) and which were not caught by the previous command:
```bash