Install / Uninstall NVIDIA Driver 343.22 On Ubuntu / LinuxMint

In this Tutorial I will tell you how to install the Latest stable version of NVIDIA Graphics driver 343.22 On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS and LinuxMint 15 / 14 

This Version 343.22 released with a fix of bugs and support to new GPU's

Added support for the following GPUs:

• GeForce GTX 970
• GeForce GTX 980

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 343.22

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_64-343.22.run

Step 5: Install the Nvidia 343.22 driver

sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-343.22.run

After successfull installation reboot the system.

For Uninstalltion of Nvidia driver 343.22

sudo NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-343.22.run --uninstall