Linux Mint NVIDIA Driver Installation Guide
Welcome, Mint User! The tutorial provides a comprehensive, step-by-step guide on How to Install the NVIDIA Proprietary Driver in Linux Mint by Direct Download.
And then to Install NVIDIA Linux Mint Driver you have First, to Find the Right Release for your Graphics Card.
But if you Prefeer instead you can provide to Installation by Setting Up the Apt Repository.
Installing NVIDIA Driver by PPA Repository
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Download Latest NVIDIA Linux Mint Driver
Search for your Graphic Card Model & Linux 64-bit.
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Then to Stop X Server & Go to Runlevel 3
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Access the Target location
(Usually Downloads go in the Home folder or when Downloaded with Firefox may be into the Temporary directory /tmp/mozilla*)cd ~/Downloads
Or when downloaded with Firefox maybe:
cd /tmp/mozilla*
To Verify that it’s there List the contents with:
ls .
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Installing NVIDIA Driver
First, give Execution Permission:sudo chmod +x ./NVIDIA-Linux*.run
Then Execute the Installer with:
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux*.run
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
If some Issues then See the Readme file on Bottom…
Possibly to Edit the X Configuratio file Post-installation Run:nvidia-xconfig