Follow the step by step guide and learn the basic commands with which you can update nvidia drivers in your linux based operating system.

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Introduction

Nividia provides a number of drivers to various hardware like sound card, graphic card, lan card and others. This program which helps you run your computer smoothly. While using Ubuntu, a Linux based operating system, many people don't know how to get nvidia driver updates.
Follow this step by step guide to learn how to update nvidia drivers ubuntu.

Step 1 -- Opening up the Termnial
First of all, open up the "Terminal" and type in the following command:
"sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubundu-x-swat/x-updates" and press enter.
Once done, you will be required to enter your password to continue on with the update. Now press the "Enter" key to start the update process when prompted.

Step 2 -- Getting the update
In the next step, enter the following command:
"sudo apt-get update" to proceed to the next step for updating the nvidia drivers.

Step 3 -- Downloading the updates
Now, enter the following command:
"sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings" and press the "Y" key to continue when prompted.
Once done, let the processing carry on and when completed, restart the computer to activate the drivers. Through this process, you can simply download nvidia driver updates whenever you want.
Alternatively you can also visit hte official Nvidia website. The website provides a complete library of Nvidia graphic drivers available for download, which will run on almost all Linux operating systems.
Alt Text "Updating the current Nvidia Settings"