In this Tutorial, I will tell you how to install the Latest stable version of NVIDIA Graphics driver 390.42 On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Lin...
Nvidia Linux Display Driver is a proprietary, yet freely distributed OpenGL video driver that aims to offer support for Nvidia graphics cards on any Linux kernel-based operating system.
This version has been designed to be installed on computers supporting the 64-bit & 32-bit architecture and released on 12th March 2018 with a bug fix.
What's New in 390.42
- Fixed a regression, introduced in 390.12, that caused occasional flicker when using the X driver's composition pipeline, for example when using screen transformations like rotation, or the "ForceCompositionPipeline" or "ForceFullCompositionPipeline" options."
Installation steps
- Method 1: Via PPA
- Method 2: Via Source file
Method 1: Via PPA
Step 1: Remove older version of NVIDIA if your graphic is supportedsudo apt-get purge nvidia*Step 2: Add the PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-driversStep 3: Update the repos
sudo apt-get updateStep 4: Install Nvidia graphics driver 390.42
Goto Softwares&Updates which is in System Settings and select the required driver version from the Additional Drivers tab, select the driver and click on Apply changes and then restart the pc
Note: IF you face any issues refer this link to Troubleshoot
Method 2: Via Source file
Step 1: Remove older version of NVIDIA if your graphic is supportedsudo apt-get purge nvidia*Step 2: Reboot the system
Step 3: Download the Nvidia Driver 390.42
For 32bit
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/390.42/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-390.42.runFor 64 bit
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/390.42/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.42.runStep 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 stopFor LinuxMint
sudo mdm stopStep 4: Give execute permissions to the installer
sudo chmod 755 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.42.runStep 5: Install the Nvidia 390.42 driver
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.42.runAfter successful installation reboot the system.
Uninstallation of Nvidia driver 390.42
For uninstall run the below commandsudo NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.42.run --uninstall
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