nvidia-driver
Installs and manages proprietary NVIDIA graphics drivers distribution-wise.
Syntax
$nvidia-driver [install|remove|status] [OPTIONS]
Optionen
install
Installs an NVIDIA driver via the distro package manager
remove
Removes installed NVIDIA driver packages
status
Checks whether NVIDIA kernel modules/drivers are active
Examples
Examples
$ubuntu-drivers install nvidia-driver-550
Examples
$sudo apt install nvidia-driver-550
Examples
$sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
Examples
$sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils
Examples
$sudo zypper install x11-video-nvidiaG06
See also
Warnings
Driver version must match the installed kernel and GPU generation.
After installation, a restart is often required.
Typical use cases
nvidia-driver status
see doc_url and distro-specific package documentation
wiki.archlinux.org
Note
This is a distribution-independent entry point. The actual installation is performed using distro-specific package names and repositories.
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