How To Install nvidia-settings-tesla-470 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings-tesla-470 on Debian 12.
What is nvidia-settings-tesla-470
nvidia-settings-tesla-470 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-470 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-settings-tesla-470 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-470 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-settings-tesla-470
Install nvidia-settings-tesla-470 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-settings-tesla-470 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-settings-tesla-470
Install nvidia-settings-tesla-470 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-settings-tesla-470 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-settings-tesla-470
How To Uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla-470 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvidia-settings-tesla-470 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-settings-tesla-470
Uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla-470 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla-470 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-settings-tesla-470
Remove nvidia-settings-tesla-470 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-settings-tesla-470 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-settings-tesla-470
Remove nvidia-settings-tesla-470 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-settings-tesla-470 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-settings-tesla-470
Dependencies
nvidia-settings-tesla-470 have the following dependencies:
- nvidia-installer-cleanup
- nvidia-tesla-470-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-470 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
