Ubuntu 21.10 / 21.04 NVIDIA Drivers Install Guide [470.42.01 / 465.31 / 460.84 / 390.143 / 340.138]

June 23, 2021

This is guide, howto install NVIDIA proprietary Linux drivers and disable Nouveau driver on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) / 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) / 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) / 20.04 (Focal Fossa). Kernels 5.x are tested.

Currently working NVIDIA drivers are:
– 470.xx (470.42.01) BETA
– 465.xx (465.31)
– 460.xx (460.84)
– 450.xx (450.119.03)
– 435.xx (435.21) Patched
– 418.xx (418.113) Patched
– 390.xx (390.143)
– 340.xx (340.138) Patched

This guide works with NVIDIA GeForce 6/7/8/9/200/300/400/500/600/700/800/900/10/20/30 series cards.

This method allow you easily install / test / use different versions of NVIDIA drivers, you can test BETA drivers and switch back to stable.

I have tested this guide with NVIDIA 340.xx (patched), 390.xx (patched), 418.xx (patched), 435.xx (patched), 440.xx, 450.xx, 460.xx, 465.xx, 470.xx drivers/cards on latest Fedora. Here I use 465.31 NFB (New Feature Branch) version of NVIDIA drivers installer, you can always select latest stable version, beta version or some other version. If you need patched version, please check following video to see, howto use inttf NVIDIA Patcher Script: