How To Install nvidia-settings-tesla-418 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings-tesla-418 on Kali Linux. nvidia-settings-tesla-418 is tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver (Tesla 418 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings-tesla-418 on Kali Linux.

What is nvidia-settings-tesla-418

nvidia-settings-tesla-418 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-tesla-418 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-tesla-418 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-tesla-418 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-settings-tesla-418

Install nvidia-settings-tesla-418 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-settings-tesla-418 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nvidia-settings-tesla-418

Install nvidia-settings-tesla-418 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-tesla-418 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-settings-tesla-418

How To Uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla-418 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nvidia-settings-tesla-418 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-settings-tesla-418

Uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla-418 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla-418 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-settings-tesla-418

Remove nvidia-settings-tesla-418 Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-settings-tesla-418 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-settings-tesla-418

Remove nvidia-settings-tesla-418 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nvidia-settings-tesla-418 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-settings-tesla-418

Dependencies

nvidia-settings-tesla-418 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings-tesla-418 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.