Nvidia Driver Installation in Gentoo Linux

Setting Up NVIDIA Emerge Driver

1. 2. Updating System

   Then to Update System in Gentoo Linux
   (Recommended) First, Update the Repository with:

   su -c "emaint --auto sync"

   And then to Upgrade All the Packages play:

   su -c "emerge --ask --verbose --update --deep --newuse @world"

   Last, in case of Kernel Update, to Load the New Setup Reboot with:

   su -c reboot

2. 3. Installing NVIDIA Driver from Emerge Repo

   First, possibly Find out the Required NVIDIA Driver Version:

   • Check Display Card Model
   • Check Graphics Card Driver Version

   Then to Build and Install it simply play:

   su -c "emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers"

   For further Insight see the Official Documentation.