How To Install nvidia-settings-tesla-460 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings-tesla-460
on Kali Linux.
What is nvidia-settings-tesla-460
nvidia-settings-tesla-460 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-460
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-460 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-460
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-settings-tesla-460
Install nvidia-settings-tesla-460 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-settings-tesla-460
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-settings-tesla-460
Install nvidia-settings-tesla-460 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-460
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-settings-tesla-460
How To Uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla-460 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nvidia-settings-tesla-460
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-settings-tesla-460
Uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla-460 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla-460
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-460
Remove nvidia-settings-tesla-460 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-settings-tesla-460
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-settings-tesla-460
Remove nvidia-settings-tesla-460 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-settings-tesla-460
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-settings-tesla-460
Dependencies
nvidia-settings-tesla-460 have the following dependencies:
- nvidia-installer-cleanup
- nvidia-tesla-460-alternative
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libjansson4
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libx11-6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings-tesla-460
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.