How To Install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia on Debian 10

Learn how to install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mate-sensors-applet-nvidia is Display readings from hardware sensors in your MATE panel (NVIDIA sensors)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia on Debian 10.

What is mate-sensors-applet-nvidia

mate-sensors-applet-nvidia is:

MATE Sensors Applet is an applet for the MATE panel that displays readings from hardware sensors, including temperatures, fan speeds and voltage readings.

This package contains plugin for NVIDIA graphics cards.

There are three methods to install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia

Install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia

Install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia

How To Uninstall mate-sensors-applet-nvidia on Debian 10

To uninstall only the mate-sensors-applet-nvidia package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mate-sensors-applet-nvidia

Uninstall mate-sensors-applet-nvidia And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-sensors-applet-nvidia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-sensors-applet-nvidia

Remove mate-sensors-applet-nvidia Configurations and Data

To remove mate-sensors-applet-nvidia configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-sensors-applet-nvidia

Remove mate-sensors-applet-nvidia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mate-sensors-applet-nvidia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-sensors-applet-nvidia

Dependencies

mate-sensors-applet-nvidia have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.