How to install the Nvidia 337.12 Beta graphics card driver in Linux

The NVIDIA 337.12 beta driver Linux support version was recently released. The following GPU support is added: geForce 830 M, GeForce 840 M, GeForce 845 M, GeForce GTX 850 M, GeForce GTX 860 M, GeForce GTX 870 M, GeForce GTX 880 M, GeForce GT 705, GeForce GT 720, there are also some new features and fixes.

One problem that causes OpenGL program to crash is solved. NVIDIA settings have been updated to support DisplayPort 1.2 display, and the NVIDIA settings color correction settings page has been updated, features supporting GeForce GTX 400 GPU overclocking and downgrading have been added. For more information about this release, view the updates.

Without PPA, download the installation package directly:

32-bit download command:

wget us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/337.12/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-337.12.run

64-bit download command:

wget us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/337.12/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-337.12.run

To add the running permission for installation, run the following command:

sudo chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-*-337.12.run

Stop the Display Manager and select different commands based on different desktops. Different desktops have different managers: KDM (KDE), TPD (GNOME), lightdm (LXDE and Xfce ), MDM (Linux Mint ):

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm stop

sudo /etc/init.d/mdm stop

Now run the installation package:

sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-*-337.12.run

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