How To Install nvidia-settings-tesla on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-settings-tesla on Debian 12.
What is nvidia-settings-tesla
nvidia-settings-tesla 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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-settings-tesla
Install nvidia-settings-tesla Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-settings-tesla using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-settings-tesla
Install nvidia-settings-tesla 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-settings-tesla
How To Uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvidia-settings-tesla package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-settings-tesla
Uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-settings-tesla 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
Remove nvidia-settings-tesla Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-settings-tesla configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-settings-tesla
Remove nvidia-settings-tesla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-settings-tesla configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-settings-tesla
Dependencies
nvidia-settings-tesla have the following dependencies:
- nvidia-installer-cleanup
- nvidia-tesla-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 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
