Install / Uninstall NVIDIA Driver 331.89 On Ubuntu / LinuxMint

In this Tutorial I will tell you how to install the Latest stable version of NVIDIA Graphics driver 331.89 On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 13.10...

In this Tutorial I will tell you how to install the Latest stable version of NVIDIA Graphics driver 331.89 On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 13.10 /12.04 LTS and LinuxMint 15 / 14 

This Version 331.89 released  on 4th July 2014 with a fix of  bugs and new support to  a GPU

Added support to the below GPU

• GeForce GT 730

Fixes in NVIDIA Display driver 331.89

• Fixed a race condition in the NVIDIA kernel module that caused some GPUs to sporadically become unresponsive.
• Updated the error reporting in the NVIDIA kernel module to include the GPU serial number, when available, in error messages written to the system log.
• Fixed a bug that caused blank screens when transforming or rotating displays in an SLI Mosaic layout.
• Fixed a bug that corrupted certain software rendering on 32-bit systems.

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 331.89

• 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_64-331.89.run

Step 5: Install the Nvidia 337.25 driver

sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.89.run

After successfull installation reboot the system
For Uninstalltion of Nvidia driver 331.89

sudo NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.89.run --uninstall