If you want to use CUDA (nVidia's stuff for executing functions on the GPU), you should use the proprietary driver. Open Source: Developed/Provided by an open source community. Proprietary : Owned/Provided by some company (In your case these are the
HOW TO INSTALL LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS UBUNTU 16.04 DRIVER
The computer should require a reboot let the video driver changes take effect. Replace # with the respective number found in your search 440 for my example. Install the driver (will require root privileges) sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-#. In the example about the newest driver would be nvidia-driver-440. Only worry about the drivers that begin with nvidia-driver.
In a new terminal window, find current available drivers with command apt-cache search nvidia-driver I am using an SDK that requires the use of proprietary driver 435.
Note: I recommend selecting the latest nvidia-driver-440 (as of for ubuntu 18.04) unless you have specific need for a different version. Bellow example on how it should look like. This is a tab inside an application called Software and Updates. Get to the so called Additional Drivers window. GUI and terminal installation: Option 1: Graphical User Interface (GUI) method Ubuntu 18.04Īs ubuntu 18.04 already has updated drivers I offer a Note: You may need to change the file permissions with `chmod u+x filename' and then execute. The installer is run through the terminal. This download is not a package but an installer that will verify your system for compatible drivers and should install the latest version. However, driver 440 is available at (Apr 07, 2020). Using the official LTS packages, nvidia-384 is the newest driver you can install. I found that the latest driver available was nvidia-384. Ubuntu 16.04 has less drivers available than 18.04.
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