How To Install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-sensors-applet-nvidia package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.