Install / Uninstall NVIDIA Driver 340.32 On Ubuntu / LinuxMint

In this Tutorial I will tell you how to install the Latest stable version of NVIDIA Graphics driver 340.32 On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS and LinuxMint 15 / 14 

This Version 340.32 released  on 12th August 2014 with a fix of  bugs and support to new GPU's

Support to New GPU's

• Quadro K420
• Quadro K620
• Quadro K2200
• Quadro K4200
• Quadro K5200

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 340.32

• 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_64-340.32.run

Step 5: Install the Nvidia 340.32 driver

sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.32.run

After successfull installation reboot the system.

For Uninstalltion of Nvidia driver 340.32

sudo NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.32.run --uninstall