How to install the latest NVIDIA drivers on Debian 9 Stretch Linux - LinuxConfig.org

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Their proprietary drivers have been very well supported for the last few years, and they continue to be.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-the-latest-nvidia-drivers-on-debian-9-stretch-linux
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Fernando López

Thank you very much!

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zambak

To all the guys having problems, who are applying the first howto they found on internet instead of checking their distro’s man pages: HAHAHA

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Domício Medeiros -> zambak

What a superior human being!

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Reda ABDI

black screen after installing using the proprietary drivers (method 2)

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Kadek Nanik Kencana -> Reda ABDI

same here

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Gustavo Martínez

Thank you is very useful

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Stevo Pusser

You also need the kernel headers in order to build the proprietary drivers. Easy way to make sure you have everything you need is to install module-assistant and run it as sysadmin:

m-a prepare

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Cw

You’ll need to run apt update after adding the contrib and non-free repositories to your sources.list when installing the proprietary drivers - otherwise your ‘apt install…’ won’t see the new repositories.

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Kalle Blom

Thanks, worked great on Stretch.

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wat

neither nouveau nor nvidia uses llvm.

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John Freeman

None of them work.

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IamTheOneWhoKnocks

Thank you very much. It simply worked!

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If you have a laptop with an Nvidia card DO NOT USE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
Follow this link and read what it says about identification and then follow appropriate instructions.
https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Identification