Install nvidia drivers

[bob58523]

apt-cache search "NVIDIA binary driver"
sudo apt install nvidia-xxx (where xxx is the version you want to install)

You could also add the ppa
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt update

What about if you have an AMD video card? how can I install those drivers.

thanks,
Bob

[leszek]

AMD proprietary drivers aren't supported anymore.
The free driver coming shipped by default should run fine.

[fredhoud]

I looked at the link and have downloaded HP750 NVIDIA 750 driver which is nvidia-367.44 according to NVIDA download page. I was going to try to install the driver to see I can make Maui to work on my hp750.

I followed Pliny.D.Elder instructions, but there are no NVIDA 367.44 when I search for it.
apt-cache search "NVIDIA binary driver"
nvidia-340 - NVIDIA binary driver - version 340.96
nvidia-361 - NVIDIA binary driver - version 361.42

So I have the driver saved in my Download folder. “NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.44.bin”.

How do I download it from here, and disable the generic driver, and activate the NVIDIA 367.44 driver? Could you give me step by step instructions? Also no harm done if something break, because this is just for fooling around purposes! 

[AJSlye]

@ fredmind:
The 361.42 driver is already in the restricted extras repository.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/nvidia-361

Why would you want to download the same driver from nvidia?
The latest version from the Nvidia site is 367.44:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...river.html

For these you would download the .run file and run it:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...367.44.run

[fredhoud]

@ fredmind:
The 361.42 driver is already in the restricted extras repository.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/nvidia-361

Why would you want to download the same driver from nvidia?
The latest version from the Nvidia site is 367.44:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...river.html

For these you would download the .run file and run it:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...367.44.run

That's exactly what I was trying to install "367.44". I have already downloaded the driver in my Download folder. Were do I go from there, and how do I make it work? Please keep in mind that I have to install Maui first, and then login into safe mode, and do all this, because I can't login normally. Also would I need to disable the generic driver after the downloading the NVIDA driver?

[AJSlye]

OK, the instructions on installing the driver are in the README page I linked to above.
The best way to transfer the file would probably be a USB stick.

[fredhoud]

I don't get it. I down loaded the driver in the download folder. Then when I type:
cd Downloads
# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.44.bin nothing happens at all, and it goes back to ~/Downloads$.
I'm logged as in recovery mode.

[AJSlye]

Nvidia does not normally supply .bin files, all of the driver files I've ever seen over the years have been .run files.
Can you give the link you used to download the file from?
What browser and/or download manager did you use?

[fredhoud]

Nvidia does not normally supply .bin files, all of the driver files I've ever seen over the years have been .run files.
Can you give the link you used to download the file from?
What browser and/or download manager did you use?

I used the link you provided above via Firefox. Then I copied it to a flash drive and installed it to the Download folder.
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...367.44.run

[AJSlye]

Right, the file name should be NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.44.run, not NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.44.bin.

Code:

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.44.run