Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu

The guide below describes how to install Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu.

We will do everything with a few simple commands.

First, we run the terminal and add the repository to the system.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers

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

We update the repositories database:

apt-get update

1	apt-get update

Finally, we install the driver of our choice:

For example:

apt install -y nvidia-driver-418

1	apt install -y nvidia-driver-418

The list of available drivers can be found here:

https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

You must restart after installing the driver.

We will do this from the console by issuing a command:

reboot

To check, if your GPU has been detected give the command:

nvidia-smi

1	nvidia-smi