Does Nvidia work with Linux Mint? Run the apt-get command to update your system. The first step is to open the Software and Updates application from the Application menu. Click on Additional Drivers. Wait for the app to download a list of additional GPU drivers.
Select one. The third step is to choose a driver. The fourth step is to restart the computer. The driver manager should be launched. Your computer needs to be rebooted. Nvidia drivers can be downloaded and installed from their website. Make sure that the installation is clean. Make sure Advanced Installation is selected. This article will discuss three methods of Nvidia driver installation in the following order: Automatic Install using standard Linux Mint Repository; Manual Install using the Official nvidia.
Do you have an Nvidia graphics card on your desktop? Unlike Windows, Nvidia drivers for Linux desktops are quite hard to come by, and installing the latest drivers on your Linux desktop can be quite an arduous process.
Fortunately for Linux users, there are the third party graphics drivers PPA which keeps an updated Nvidia driver for installation. In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to install the latest Nvidia drivers for your Linux desktop in a few steps.
Verify that your graphics card is capable of running the latest drivers. You can search on this link to determine if your graphics card is supported by a driver version. Enter the following command in terminal.
Install and activate the latest Nvidia graphics drivers. Enter the following command to install the version of Nvidia graphics supported by your graphics card —. Reboot your computer for the new driver to kick-in. You can check your installation status with the following command. If there is no output, then your installation has probably failed. In order to do that, you just type in:.
To check the Nvidia driver version and verify the installation, you can type the following command in the terminal:. To remove the driver and its associated dependencies, simply mention the exact version of the driver:. Unless you want the latest version of the driver from the official website or just want to experiment the process, you can opt to download the file. To proceed, you need to first disable the X server and then install the Nvidia driver which could turn out to be troublesome and risky.
You can follow the official documentation if you want to explore this method, but you may not need it at all. Feel free to share your experiences with installing Nvidia drivers on Linux Mint in the comments down below.
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