How To Install nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx on Kali Linux. nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx is tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver (390xx legacy version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx on Kali Linux.

What is nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx

nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx 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-legacy-390xx 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-legacy-390xx 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-legacy-390xx using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx

Install nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx

Install nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx 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-legacy-390xx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx

How To Uninstall nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx

Uninstall nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx

Remove nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx

Remove nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx

Dependencies

nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.