How To Install libxnvctrl0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxnvctrl0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libxnvctrl0
libxnvctrl0 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.
This package contains the shared library. Task: ubuntustudio-video
Package: libxnvctrl0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 440.64-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs 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: 64 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6 Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-settings/libxnvctrl0_440.64-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 11164 MD5sum: 1982cef0d94b703916e2e1bc9847fea6 SHA1: c3a5ff5306d97bdc2a093fd009ede2691800d2b0 SHA256: 9b774e27e59a9f493faf7be122042fb091caaa797fe73138257d7981b24a366f Description-en: NV-CONTROL X extension (runtime library) 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.
This package contains the shared library. Task: ubuntustudio-video
There are three methods to install libxnvctrl0 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 libxnvctrl0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxnvctrl0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxnvctrl0
Install libxnvctrl0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxnvctrl0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxnvctrl0
Install libxnvctrl0 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 libxnvctrl0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxnvctrl0
How To Uninstall libxnvctrl0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libxnvctrl0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxnvctrl0
Uninstall libxnvctrl0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxnvctrl0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxnvctrl0
Remove libxnvctrl0 Configurations and Data
To remove libxnvctrl0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxnvctrl0
Remove libxnvctrl0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxnvctrl0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxnvctrl0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxnvctrl0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
