How To Install libxnvctrl-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxnvctrl-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libxnvctrl-dev
libxnvctrl-dev is:
The NV-CONTROL X extension provides a mechanism for X clients to query and set configuration parameters of the NVIDIA X driver. State set by the NV-CONTROL X extension is assumed to be persistent only for the current server generation.
Package: libxnvctrl-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 440.64-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: nvidia-settings Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 443 Depends: libxnvctrl0 (= 440.64-0ubuntu1) Breaks: nvidia-settings (« 346.35-0ubuntu2~) Replaces: nvidia-settings (« 346.35-0ubuntu2~) Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-settings/libxnvctrl-dev_440.64-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 70972 MD5sum: 685ead12ab94c17f7b89d9158a3c534d SHA1: c2e76e5152b35e84da62b2b41e6d8bd5c77b869f SHA256: e9bf9e02690d16bfe6ba641b1d6fee6e87e498dd2fc24c792c1fe938f7bfa6c0 Description-en: NV-CONTROL X extension (development files) The NV-CONTROL X extension provides a mechanism for X clients to query and set configuration parameters of the NVIDIA X driver. State set by the NV-CONTROL X extension is assumed to be persistent only for the current server generation.
There are three methods to install libxnvctrl-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxnvctrl-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxnvctrl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxnvctrl-dev
Install libxnvctrl-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxnvctrl-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxnvctrl-dev
Install libxnvctrl-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libxnvctrl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxnvctrl-dev
How To Uninstall libxnvctrl-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libxnvctrl-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxnvctrl-dev
Uninstall libxnvctrl-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxnvctrl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxnvctrl-dev
Remove libxnvctrl-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxnvctrl-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxnvctrl-dev
Remove libxnvctrl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxnvctrl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxnvctrl-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxnvctrl-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
