How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-settings Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "nvidia-settings" package

This tutorial shows how to install nvidia-settings on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 is a short guide on how to uninstall nvidia-settings on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: nvidia-settings
Architecture: amd64
Version: 470.57.01-0ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2991
Provides: nvidia-settings-binary
Depends: pkg-config, screen-resolution-extra (>= 0.18~), libvdpau1, libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0) | libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 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_470.57.01-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 949802
MD5sum: 7d00f7d25af15428476ba65b36d16896
SHA1: 6d88ca73974d3d3ab110d2fd9a749783720bc6fb
SHA256: f11a5d8f852e9c245b1f607d6902934407b698ce872f237c34d757c37cc0d2ef
SHA512: 6047e93da1a3d4fba3aeff47914c7a1a0d47deccef11ee4ff4350393728544811508713f80ad444b8bf0663399718afc360289e4101c01cf61b73c68ee154b82
Description-en: Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
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.
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Values such as brightness and gamma, XVideo attributes, temperature,
and OpenGL settings can be queried and configured via nvidia-settings.
Description-md5: 9bb7c34dc84550e6fff415c0eb0eda37