how to install nvidia graphics driver updates

#HOW TO INSTALL NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVER UPDATES DRIVERS#

So, NVIDIA drivers are installed correctly and working. It also lists all the properties of my NVIDIA 1050 Ti Graphics card. You should also find the NVIDIA X Server Settings app in the Application Menu of Ubuntu.Īs you can see, NVIDIA X Server Settings says the graphics driver is being used is 418.56.

Now, restart your computer.Īs you can see, now GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is in the Graphics section of System Settings > Details > About. Once the driver is installed, you should see the following message. Now, type in the password of your login user and click on Authenticate.Īs you can see, NVIDIA graphics driver is being installed. Then, from the Additional Drivers tab, select the NVIDIA graphics driver that you want to install and click on Apply Changes as marked in the screenshot below. You can install NVIDIA graphics drivers using the Software & Updates app on your Ubuntu operating system graphically.įirst, open the Software & Updates app from the Application Menu of Ubuntu. Installing NVIDIA Drivers using Software & Updates App: Now, you can easily install NVIDIA drivers for your installed graphics card on Ubuntu. These are proprietary NVIDIA graphics drivers.Īfter I added the NVIDIA PPA, nvidia-driver-396 and nvidia-driver-415 open source NVIDIA drivers are listed as well.

NVIDIA PPA should be added and the APT package repository cache should be updated.Īs you can see, before I added the NVIDIA PPA, only nvidia-driver-418 and nvidia-driver-390 NVIDIA drivers were available for installation. $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers /ppa

How to install nvidia graphics driver updates