How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-settings Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "nvidia-settings" package

Learn how to install nvidia-settings on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nvidia-settings
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nvidia-settings" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall nvidia-settings on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nvidia-settings
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nvidia-settings package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: nvidia-settings
Architecture: amd64
Version: 470.57.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2962
Provides: nvidia-settings-binary
Depends: pkg-config, screen-resolution-extra (>= 0.12), libvdpau1, libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0) | libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.33.14), libjansson4 (>= 2.3), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxnvctrl0, libxxf86vm1
Conflicts: nvidia-settings-binary
Replaces: nvidia-settings-binary
Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_470.57.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 882004
MD5sum: 7999817ae4d397647bb55f5abb1f6911
SHA1: b8b494345488483200e00e3c6405cc62a2e4e23b
SHA256: d358c8f780fa9d6f65aef8186a34bc5923e2d64f13c2bab477b24f7e54251f22
SHA512: 5df508fc84f7b1eb3d2337a8e3ba4a07e4c45b3030cdb92e3ddbb5028bad767bc76752b1ec46ceb477bb75dd249db0702342ae71a10e23e7392498d20bce77c3
Description: Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
Description-md5: 9bb7c34dc84550e6fff415c0eb0eda37
Supported: 5y

Package: nvidia-settings
Architecture: amd64
Version: 390.42-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3149
Provides: nvidia-settings-binary
Depends: pkg-config, screen-resolution-extra (>= 0.12), libvdpau1, libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0) | libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.31), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libjansson4 (>= 2.3), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxnvctrl0 (>= 337), libxxf86vm1
Conflicts: nvidia-settings-binary
Replaces: nvidia-settings-binary
Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_390.42-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 944976
MD5sum: 9d73d969ed05981e83286f8a0f3c501b
SHA1: b4cb42a56986c36244af6453c288a38b5c432b20
SHA256: dd626f639b081ab6442337736e343065c5cba1f3c4fbc1664b9e4672396cb695
Description: Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
Description-md5: 9bb7c34dc84550e6fff415c0eb0eda37
Supported: 5y