NVIDIA : Install Graphic Driver2026/05/18

	If your Computer has NVIDIA Graphic cards, Install NVIDIA Graphic Driver to improve Graphics related performance.
[1]	NVIDIA Driver is provided on Ubuntu official repository. Before installing, make sure the Driver Version for your Graphic Card on NVIDIA official site below. ⇒ https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en

# confirm the cards on your computer

root@dlp:~#

lspci | grep VGA

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Device 1234:1111 (rev 02)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060] (rev a1)

root@dlp:~#

apt search nvidia-driver

nvidia-driver-535/resolute 580.142-0ubuntu3 amd64
  NVIDIA Server Driver metapackage (transitional package)

nvidia-driver-535-open/resolute 580.142-0ubuntu3 amd64
  NVIDIA Server Driver metapackage (transitional package)
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# install the driver for your card

root@dlp:~#

apt -y install nvidia-driver-595-server

# verify installation to show Graphic cards' status

root@dlp:~#

nvidia-smi

Mon May 18 03:52:20 2026
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 595.58.03              Driver Version: 595.58.03      CUDA Version: 13.2     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060        Off |   00000000:05:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
|  0%   41C    P8             10W /  170W |       1MiB /  12288MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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