{"id":3367,"date":"2014-06-01T04:22:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T04:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=3367"},"modified":"2014-06-02T03:34:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T03:34:10","slug":"nvidia-driver-337-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/nvidia-driver-337-25\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Nvidia Driver 337.25 in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nvidia_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nvidia_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Nvidia ubuntu 14.04\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nvidia_logo.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nvidia_logo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nvidia 337.25 was released yesterday as the latest short lived branch version for Linux. The new driver brings lots of fixes and improvements and adds support for following GPUs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GeForce GTX TITAN Z<\/li>\n<li>GeForce GT 740<\/li>\n<li>GeForce 830M<\/li>\n<li>GeForce 840M<\/li>\n<li>GeForce 845M<\/li>\n<li>GeForce GTX 850M<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a complete list of changes, read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/Download\/driverResults.aspx\/76278\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\">official announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Install Nvidia Driver 337.25 in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Below steps will teach you how to manually install the official .run package in Ubuntu:<\/p>\n<p>1. Press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one to remove previous installed proprietary driver:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get purge nvidia*\n\nsudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install nvidia-331-updates-dev<\/pre>\n<p>2. After restarted your computer, download the driver:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='http:\/\/us.download.nvidia.com\/XFree86\/Linux-x86\/337.25\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-337.25.run' class='arconix-button arconix-button-large arconix-button-blue'>32 bit Linux<\/a> <a href='http:\/\/us.download.nvidia.com\/XFree86\/Linux-x86_64\/337.25\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-337.25.run' class='arconix-button arconix-button-large arconix-button-blue'>64 bit Linux<\/a> <a href='http:\/\/us.download.nvidia.com\/XFree86\/Linux-x86-ARM\/337.25\/NVIDIA-Linux-armv7l-gnueabihf-337.25.run' class='arconix-button arconix-button-large arconix-button-blue'>32 bit ARM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Switch to command console by pressing <b>Ctrl+Alt+F1<\/b> (or <b>F2<\/b> ~ <b>F6<\/b>) on keyboard and log in.<\/p>\n<p>4. Kill the graphical session via:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo service lightdm stop<\/pre>\n<p>For Gnome GDM or Linux Mint MDM, you may replace lightdm with gdm or mdm in the command.<\/p>\n<p>5. Give permission, start the installer and follow the on screen prompts.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">chmod +x ~\/Downloads\/NVIDIA-Linux-*-337.25.run && sudo sh ~\/Downloads\/NVIDIA-Linux-*-337.25.run<\/pre>\n<p>Tips:You may keep the installer file so that you can remove this driver via below command if for some reason it does not work properly:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo sh ~\/Downloads\/NVIDIA-Linux-*-337.25.run --uninstall<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nvidia 337.25 was released yesterday as the latest short lived branch version for Linux. The new driver brings lots of fixes and improvements and adds support for following GPUs: GeForce GTX TITAN Z GeForce GT 740 GeForce 830M GeForce 840M GeForce 845M GeForce GTX 850M For a complete list of changes, read the official announcement. 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