How to Install Nvidia Driver By Direct Dowload in Ubuntu

Ubuntu NVIDIA Driver Installation Guide

Hi! The tutorial provides a comprehensive, step-by-step guide on How to Install the NVIDIA Proprietary Driver for Ubuntu by Direct Download.

And then to Install NVIDIA Ubuntu 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

1. Download Latest NVIDIA Ubuntu Driver

   NVIDIA Driver 64-bit

   NVIDIA Linux Driver

   Search for your Graphic Card Model & Linux 64-bit.

2. Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
   Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

3. Then to Stop X Server & Go to Runlevel 3

   Killing Ubuntu UI

   Stopping Linux X Server

4. 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 .

5. 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 Configuration file Post-installation Run:

   nvidia-xconfig