How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-settings Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "nvidia-settings" package

Learn how to install nvidia-settings on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall nvidia-settings on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: nvidia-settings
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 3713
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 361.42-0ubuntu1
Replaces: nvidia-settings-binary
Provides: nvidia-settings-binary
Depends: pkg-config, screen-resolution-extra (>= 0.12), libvdpau1, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.1), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libjansson4 (>= 2.3), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangoft2-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxnvctrl0, libxxf86vm1
Conflicts: nvidia-settings-binary
Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_361.42-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 855300
MD5sum: 773fe7195b8b89b956ea0dc5984abae8
SHA1: e192e927a16c8951ed81d2861210221771d94836
SHA256: 2f2d045312a5ec8cd6bd38c86e87e0b0c7d7f3e24683002bcaa85358313a00da
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y