How to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Ubuntu (All Versions) | Latest NVIDIA Proprietary Driver

Complete guide to install or update NVIDIA graphics drivers on Ubuntu and its derivatives system e.g Linux Mint, Elementary OS, KDE Neon, Zorin, or any Ubuntu based distributions. I've been using this without any issues e.g login loops, low graphics mode, freezing at boot screen, or any NVIDIA Linux related drama.

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FYI, Ubuntu comes with the open source nouveau driver, which is included out of the box. However, this driver not properly support the graphics card's functionality. In my experience, it perform worse.

And in a few cases, the system would not boot. If you are a gamer or need to work with 3D graphics, then you need to install NVIDIA proprietary driver to get better performance.

There are 3 ways to install latest GPU card driver. First, you can use graphical user interface by opening additional driver from the application launcher. The other way is done from the command line interface by adding Personal Package Archive (PPA), or install NVIDIA .run driver for Linux.

IMPORTANT NOTES

If one of the listed drivers is already provided by the official repositories for your Ubuntu release, just install it, no need for a PPA. Otherwise, you may add this PPA and install from there.

SUPPORTED RELEASES AND VERSION
The drivers is available for 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, 21.04, 21.10, 22.04 LTS at the moment.

- NVIDIA 304
- NVIDIA 340
- NVIDIA 384
- NVIDIA 410
- NVIDIA 415
- NVIDIA 418
- NVIDIA 430
- NVIDIA 390
- NVIDIA 435
- NVIDIA 440
- NVIDIA 450
- NVIDIA 460
- NVIDIA 470
- NVIDIA 495
- NVIDIA 510

** The support for newer version will be dropped automatically once any version of Ubuntu reach its EOL (End Of Life).

Run this command to check if NVIDIA driver is loaded :

nvidia-smi

If you see command not found or ERROR: Unable to load the 'nvidia-drm' kernel module, disable Secure Boot on BIOS/UEFI settings should fix the issue.

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[SouProds]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I NEEDED THIS SO BADLY I've been wondering why my gaming performance is so bad, then I decided to check why this was happening, later I thought this could be a driver issue and I was right! This helped me so much, I liked and subscribed!

[anseljanson]

finally i can use my gpu now.
i was looking for a solve for 6 months.Thank you :)

[diogovalentte]

Your video helped me a lot! I was with the wrong resolution and looking for all kinds of solutions on the internet, until I thought about updating the Drivers and presto, it worked!

[Linuxgamer]

Thanks dude that was needed a cleanand easy to follow guide on how to update the nvidia drivers thanks

[iver]

I suppose, there's no fix to mouse cursor shadows just being god damn broken? They are visible, and they are ugly asf, I have OCD and it triggers it too much, that seems to be a bug of whole nvidia proprietary driver, because it works in nouveau, but nouveau is not an option for me
Is it maybe even just my GTX 1050 Ti specific bug?
Anyways, how to turn off cursor shadow?

[faikyesilyaprak]

Clean, neat and precise instructions. Thanks for sharing it so pure. Keep up the good work!!

[Dillinger]

All I got was sudo apt install nvidia-graphics-drivers-460
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package nvidia-graphics-drivers-460

[etsnow]

I did this installed the nvidia-340 because it was the only thing that showed up in the drivers list and when I rebooted my pc the screen stays black, how do I fix this?

[mrybsdev]

Thank you very much! I had a kernel panic, but I know how fix it

[debapriyoroy]

I'm having low resolution in the booting process. All fine once the Ubuntu desktop background wallpaper shows up

[nachos]

I have a GT 710 and i going to install ubuntu, this video works for me?

[megapeiron]

My video chipset is quite fast, however when I install it in linux mint it slows down. Ironically the Intel CPU for battery saving is faster than the GPU right now. I do not understand why that is happening.

[touhami_dz]

tried this on linux mint and it's not working are u sure the websirte pa still working ?
when i type ubuntu-drivers list nothing happens

[Masda.X]

Does nvidia drivers come with vulkan package support as well ?

[muhamadtamer]

i have missing parts of screen, it's only fit on 1024x720
In windows running at 1920x1080
Any solutions please 💔

[iliasgkotsidis]

Im waiting for my pc to boot for like 15 minute is this a problem?

[solojohno]

Hi Tiwo! So, I followed the steps. When I rebooted, I saw a "MOK Management" Screen. It gave four options. I thought, "Well, I have no clue which to try." I read a bit about it, and then I decided I'd just pick the first option and, if it didn't work, I'd try the next option the next time. It turns out, the option I picked was wrong. Now, my computer doesn't even recognize that I have HDA Nvidia or whatever when I choose audio sources, and it can't detect my second monitor. :( I'm completely lost. What did I do wrong here? What should I have done after the reboot that you were unable to record in the video? Thanks for your hard work!

[braydengg]

i have installed the drivers for my video card but when i start ubuntu i am left on a purple screen where i can only use the cursor what can i do help!

[SurenMaharjan]

Hello, my nvidia gpu gtx 960 is not showing in additional drivers settings in ubuntu 20.04

[abaneyone]

Your video was very helpful, thank you! You got my sub : )