How To Install nvidia-powerd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-powerd on Debian 12.
What is nvidia-powerd
nvidia-powerd is:
The ’nvidia-powerd’ daemon provides support for the NVIDIA Dynamic Boost feature on Linux platforms. Dynamic Boost is a system-wide power controller which manages GPU and CPU power, according to the workload on the system. By shifting power between the GPU and the CPU, Dynamic Boost can deliver more power to the component that would benefit most from it, without impacting the system’s total thermal and electrical budgets. This optimizes overall system performance per watt.
There are three methods to install nvidia-powerd on Debian 12. 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-powerd 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-powerd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-powerd
Install nvidia-powerd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-powerd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-powerd
Install nvidia-powerd 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 nvidia-powerd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-powerd
How To Uninstall nvidia-powerd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvidia-powerd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-powerd
Uninstall nvidia-powerd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-powerd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-powerd
Remove nvidia-powerd Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-powerd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-powerd
Remove nvidia-powerd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-powerd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-powerd
Dependencies
nvidia-powerd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-powerd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.