How To Install nvidia-settings on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings on Kali Linux. nvidia-settings is tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings on Kali Linux.

What is nvidia-settings

nvidia-settings is:

The nvidia-settings utility is a tool for configuring the NVIDIA Linux graphics driver. It operates by communicating with the NVIDIA X driver, querying and updating state as appropriate. This communication is done with the NV-CONTROL X extension.

Values such as brightness and gamma, XVideo attributes, temperature, and OpenGL settings can be queried and configured via nvidia-settings.

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

Install nvidia-settings Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-settings

Install nvidia-settings Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nvidia-settings

Install nvidia-settings Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-settings

How To Uninstall nvidia-settings on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nvidia-settings package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-settings

Uninstall nvidia-settings And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-settings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-settings

Remove nvidia-settings Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-settings configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-settings

Remove nvidia-settings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-settings

Dependencies

nvidia-settings have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.