Install / Uninstall NVIDIA Driver 337.25 On Ubuntu / LinuxMint

In this Tutorial I will tell you how to install the Latest stable version of NVIDIA Graphics driver 337.25 On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 13.10 /12.04 LTS and LinuxMint 15 / 14 

This Version 337.25 released  on 30th May 2014 with a fix of  bugs and new support to GPU's

Added support for the below GPUs

• GeForce GTX TITAN Z
• GeForce GT 740
• GeForce 830M
• GeForce 840M
• GeForce 845M
• GeForce GTX 850M

Fixes in NVIDIA Display driver 337.25

• Fixed a bug that caused X to crash when querying clock offsets for non-existent performance levels.
• Fixed a performance regression when running KDE with desktop effects using the OpenGL compositing backend.
• Fixed a bug that caused duplicate entries to appear in some dropdown menus in the "Application Profiles" page of nvidia-settings.
• Fixed a regression that could cause OpenGL rendering corruption on X screens with 30 bit per pixel color.
• Fixed a bug causing mode validation to fail for 4K resolutions over HDMI in certain situations.
• Fixed several cosmetic issues in the clock control user interface of nvidia-settings.

Installation steps

Step 1: Remove the Older version of Nvidia driver before installation

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

Step 2: Reboot the system

Step 3: Download the Nvidia Driver 337.25

• For 32bit click HERE
• For 64 bit click HERE 

Step 4: Switch to command prompt and stop the running Graphics session
Press Ctrl+Alt+F1-F6 for switching to command prompt

For Ubuntu

sudo service lightdm stop
sudo service gdm stop

For LinuxMint

sudo mdm stop

Step 4: Give execute permissions to the installer

sudo chmod 755 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-337.25.run

Step 5: Install the Nvidia 337.25 driver

sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-337.25.run

After successfull installation reboot the system

For Uninstalltion of Nvidia driver 337.25

sudo NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-337.25.run --uninstall