# ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-settings

**Repository Path**: mirrors_NVIDIA/ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-settings

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-settings
- **Description**: NVIDIA settings packaging for Ubuntu
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-03-03
- **Last Updated**: 2026-03-29

## Categories & Tags

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**Tags**: None

## README

# ubuntu packaging nvidia settings

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## Overview

Packaging templates for `Ubuntu` based Linux distros to build NVIDIA settings packages.

The `main` branch contains this README. The `control` and `.install` files can be found in the appropriate [16.04](../../tree/16.04), [18.04](../../tree/18.04), and [20.04](../../tree/20.04) branches.

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#Overview)
- [Deliverables](#Deliverables)
- [Prerequisites](#Prerequisites)
  * [Clone this git repository](#Clone-this-git-repository)
  * [Download a NVIDIA settings tarball](#Download-a-NVIDIA-settings-tarball)
  * [Install build dependencies](#Install-build-dependencies)
- [Related](#Related)
  * [NVIDIA driver](#NVIDIA-driver)
  * [NVIDIA modprobe](#NVIDIA-modprobe)
- [Contributing](#Contributing)


## Deliverables

This repo contains the template files used to build the following **DEB** packages:

```shell
- libxnvctrl0
- libxnvctrl-dev
- nvidia-settings
```
> *note:* these package do not support "flavor" / locking to a specific driver branch.

## Prerequisites

### Clone this git repository:

Supported branches: `16.04`, `18.04` & `20.04`

```shell
git clone -b ${branch} https://github.com/NVIDIA/ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-settings
> ex: git clone -b 18.04 https://github.com/NVIDIA/ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-settings
```

### Download a NVIDIA settings tarball:

* **Source code** location: [https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-settings/releases](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-settings/releases)

  *ex:* [https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-settings/archive/460.32.03.tar.gz](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-settings/archive/460.32.03.tar.gz)

  *ex:* [https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-settings/archive/460.56.tar.gz](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-settings/archive/460.56.tar.gz)

### Install build dependencies
> *note:* these are only needed for building not installation

```shell
# Compiling UI
apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev
# X.org utilities
apt-get install libxext-dev xutils-dev libxrandr-dev
# GLVND
apt-get install libgl-dev libegl-dev libegl1-mesa-dev
# Video extensions
apt-get install libxxf86vm-dev libxv-dev libvdpau-dev
# Misc
apt-get install libjansson-dev libdbus-1-dev
# Packaging
apt-get install debhelper devscripts dpkg-dev
```

## Related

- nvidia-driver
  * [https://github.com/NVIDIA/ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-driver](https://github.com/NVIDIA/ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-driver)

- nvidia-settings
  * [https://github.com/NVIDIA/ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-modprobe](https://github.com/NVIDIA/ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-modprobe)


## Contributing

See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)