Install / Uninstall NVIDIA Driver 440.100 On Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04

In this Tutorial I will tell you how to install the Latest stable version of NVIDIA Graphics driver 440.100 On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Linux...

In this Tutorial I will tell you how to install the Latest stable version of NVIDIA Graphics driver 440.100 On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and LinuxMint.

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.

Nvidia 440.100 is a long lived branch release and it is recommended for all users, if you are using older version in 440 series request to upgrade to this version using this guide.

This Version 440.100 released on 24th June 2020 with a fix of bugs and support for new GPU's

What's new in NVIDIA 440.100?

• Added a workaround for some Pascal based notebooks, where the GPU could fall off the bus when idle.
• Added support for the following GPUs:

1. GeForce GTX 1650 Ti
2. GeForce GTX 1650 Ti with Max-Q Design
3. GeForce RTX 2060 with Max-Q Design
4. Quadro T1000 with Max-Q Design

• Added new "Connector-N" display device aliases to the X driver's X configuration option parser.

So how to Install NVIDIA driver 440.100 in Ubuntu?

It's easy to install the Nvidia drivers using PPA

Step 1: Identify the Nvidia graphics card installed or not using the below command

# ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001C03sv00001043sd000085ABbc03sc00i00
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
model : GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
driver : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-435 - distro non-free
driver: nvidia-driver-440 - distro non-free recommended
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin

Step 2: Add the Proprietary drivers PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

Step 3: Update the repository

sudo apt update

Step 4: Install the nvidia driver 440.100

sudo apt install nvidia-440