Easy install guide for nvidia

[grumpy.biatch]

This in my opinion is the easiest way to install nvidia -

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# slapt-get -i kernel-source

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# wget http://uk.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/260.19.21/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.21.run

check the latest nvidia driver and change its title

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# chmod a+x NVIDIA*.run

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# ./!$

its a . (dot)

[zAchAry]

Can you, or anyone else, test an easier way to do it? For instance, combining slapt-get and slapt-src (click here to see an example).
These are the packages that available at SBo via the slapt-src command: SlackBuilds.org - Search Results for "nvidia"

I'm not using nvidia, therefor I won't write such post.

[JRD]

Can you, or anyone else, test an easier way to do it?

There is not.

Even with slapt-src, you'll need kernel-source. So you won't save a command.
But, if you want, you can do it a bit shorter:

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$ export VER=260.19.21; gksu /usr/sbin/slapt-get -i kernel-source && wget http://uk.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/$VER/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-$VER.run && gksu sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-$VER.run; unset VER

[thenktor]

@JRD: This won't work. AFAIK you have to install the driver in init 3.

[gapan]

Can you, or anyone else, test an easier way to do it?

Easier than running 4 simple commands? Copy-paste them in a script and run one command (the script).

[JRD]

@JRD: This won't work. AFAIK you have to install the driver in init 3.

Oh yes you're partly right. Without option you can't. But you can add a simple option to force it to run even if X is running (after all it's just compiling and installing a driver. It's not related at all to a running X session) : --no-x-check

[grumpy.biatch]

Can you, or anyone else, test an easier way to do it? For instance, combining slapt-get and slapt-src (click here to see an example).
These are the packages that available at SBo via the slapt-src command: SlackBuilds.org - Search Results for "nvidia"

I'm not using nvidia, therefor I won't write such post.

You can get old build off slackbuild.org repo. Nvidia releases a lot of bug fix and enhancement every now and then. If you wish to install latest and greatest, you need to follow what I posted initially. In my opinion it wont get any easier otherwise.

[laprjns]

In my opinion it wont get any easier otherwise.

Actually it does get easier to upgrade the driver after you installed it using your method. To install the latest driver, just run the installer of your current driver with the "--update" option.

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./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.21.run --upgrade

This downloads the latest (not beta) version and installs it.

[ikke]

This in my opinion is the easiest way to install nvidia -

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# slapt-get -i kernel-source

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# wget http://uk.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/260.19.21/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.21.run

check the latest nvidia driver and change its title

Could you please also provide the url of the latest nvidia driver for x86_64. Or explain how I could find it.

Thank you.

[pwatk]

1. Go to nvidia.com and select your OS, architecture and graphics card from the drop-down menus.
2. Save the installer to somewhere quickly accessible (/tmp is a good idea).
3. Open a terminal, login as root (su -) and swich to runlevel 3 (init 3).
4. At the prompt login as root again and execute the Nvidia installer (sh /tmp/NVIDIA-Linux-<arch>-<version>.run)
5. When the installation is complete switch back to runlevel 4 (init 4)

There isn't anything simpler, creating packages of this is far more work than it's worth undertaking.