With the recent advancements in Linux desktop distributions, gaming on Linux is coming to life. Linux users are beginning to enjoy gaming like Windows or Mac OSX users, with amazing performance.<\/p>\n
Nvidia<\/strong>\u00a0makes top-rated gaming graphics cards. However, for a long time, updating\u00a0Nvidia<\/strong>\u00a0drivers on Linux desktops was not so easy. Luckily, now the\u00a0Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA<\/strong>\u00a0packages updated\u00a0nvidia-graphics-drivers<\/strong>\u00a0for Ubuntu ready for installation.<\/p>\n Although this\u00a0PPA<\/strong>\u00a0is currently in testing, you can get fresh drivers from upstream, currently shipping Nvidia from it. If you are using Nvidia graphics card, this article will show you how to install the latest Nvidia drivers on\u00a0Ubuntu<\/strong>\u00a0and its derivatives such as\u00a0Linux Mint<\/strong>.<\/p>\n First start by adding the\u00a0Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA<\/strong>\u00a0to your system package sources and update your system package cache using\u00a0apt command<\/a>.<\/p>\n Then install the latest stable nvidia graphics (which is\u00a0nvidia-387<\/strong>\u00a0at the time of writing this article) using the following command.<\/p>\n Alternatively, open\u00a0Software & Updates<\/strong>\u00a0under\u00a0System Settings<\/strong>\u00a0and go to\u00a0Additional Drivers<\/strong>\u00a0tab, select the required driver version and click \u201cApply Changes<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n Next,\u00a0reboot<\/strong>\u00a0your computer for the new driver to start working. Then use the\u00a0lsmod command<\/strong>\u00a0to check your installation status with the following command.<\/p>\n It will list all currently loaded kernel modules in Linux, then filter only\u00a0nvidia<\/strong>\u00a0using\u00a0grep command<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some times updates do not work well as expected. If you face any issues with the latest drivers installation such as black screen on startup, you can remove it as follows.<\/p>\n If you want to completely remove graphics-drivers PPA as well, run the following command to remove PPA.<\/p>\n You might also like to read these following related articles on Gaming.<\/p>\n That\u2019s all! You can ask questions or share any useful additional information via the feedback form below.<\/p>\nHow to Install Nvidia Drivers in Ubuntu<\/h3>\n
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers\/ppa\r\n$ sudo apt update\r\n<\/pre>\n
$ sudo apt install nvidia-387\r\n<\/pre>\n
$ lsmod | grep nvidia \r\n<\/pre>\n
$ sudo apt-get purge nvidia*\r\n<\/pre>\n
$ sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:graphics-drivers\/ppa\r\n<\/pre>\n
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