Ubuntu 20.04 - Install Recommended Nvidia Graphics From PPA
Steps
First remove any nvidia packages you might have had laying around
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
Add the repository to your repo list
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
And update
sudo apt-get update
Then enter the following
ubuntu-drivers devices
in terminal which gives the following output:
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:07:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001288sv00001043sd000084F2bc03sc00i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
model : GK208B [GeForce GT 720]
manual_install: True
driver : nvidia-driver-450 - third-party free recommended
driver : nvidia-340 - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-418-server - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-440-server - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-440 - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-435 - distro non-free
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
Now one may take the recommended driver from the list and installs it by
sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-415
References
Last updated: 29th August 2023
First published: 5th September 2020
First published: 5th September 2020