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Nvidia Driver Installation on Ubuntu

Nvidia Driver Installation

  1. Check if the driver is already installed by running nvidia-smi. To remove the driver, run sudo apt purge nvidia* followed by sudo apt autoremove.
  2. First, run sudo apt update.
  3. Install the correct Linux headers sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r).
  4. Install ubuntu-drivers sudo apt install ubuntu-drivers-common.
  5. Install the recommended driver from ubuntu-drivers devices, e.g. sudo apt install nvidia-driver-550.
  6. Remember to reboot the system.