How to install a GTX 1060?

Question

Got Ubuntu 16.04, bought a MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X, connected it to PCI, lights on, but actually I dont know how to install and use it.

Last time I installed the Cuda package, I ended up in a login loop and had to reinstall Ubuntu.

The CD that came with the GPU seems to contain only Win-Drivers. Has anyone the same or pretty similar GPU and can tell me how to install or where is a tutorial for this?

Thank you.

this tutorial seems pretty old... the official nvidia installation guide seems too complicated for me unfortunately — PortWein, Apr 18 '18 at 18:39
That tutorial still works fine. Just open a terminal window and copy and paste each of the lines from the first answer. You will probably want to change the line about the actual installation of the driver to `sudo apt install nvidia-396` — Terrance, Apr 18 '18 at 18:58
You mean instead of "sudo apt-get install nvidia-370"? So I dont have to take all these hundreds of terminal commands from the nvidia guide? — PortWein, Apr 18 '18 at 20:10
I am sorry, I was talking about the steps in the link above of How do I install the Nvidia drivers. — Terrance, Apr 18 '18 at 22:57
I dont understand what I have to do, even if I read this blog you forwarded me to... it's still not working. :( — PortWein, Apr 23 '18 at 20:30

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 03 '21 at 07:26

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Add the Official Graphic Cards PPA

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
 sudo apt-get update

Check which Nvidia Driver Version is the latest: Go to https://www.geforce.com/drivers and pick your GPU, check which one is the non-beta. Today the version is 390.
Leave the X server: Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 it should give you a black screen asking you to log in. After logging in, shut down the x-server with
```
 sudo service lightdm stop
```

Install your Nvidia Driver

 sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-390

Reboot your PC
```
 sudo reboot
```

edited Sep 03 '21 at 07:26

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answered Apr 18 '18 at 20:26

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Alt-F1 doesnt get me into the black screen but seach-mode... – PortWein Apr 18 '18 at 21:11
Now I got the black screen but I forgot my PW in the grub menu as well so I cant leave the x server from the "normal" terminal, can I ? :( – PortWein Apr 18 '18 at 21:22
@PortWein Alt+F7 should return you back to the GUI. – Terrance Apr 18 '18 at 22:57
@PortWein Can you update your question with the output of the commands? – Seraf Apr 20 '18 at 13:38
@ Seraf How can I see this outputs? Thanks for caring – PortWein Apr 21 '18 at 20:39
Try to do `sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*` before step 4 and then check what's the output after step 4. Let me know what's the output. – Seraf Apr 25 '18 at 13:35
I got an error that said it could not locate package. I changed the command to `sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-470`. Found here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/951046/unable-to-install-nvidia-drivers-unable-to-locate-package/1079837#1079837 – Tashows Aug 30 '21 at 12:35
@Tashows can you edit the answer with the updated info? – Seraf Sep 01 '21 at 13:27
@Seraf Sure, I submitted an edit. – Tashows Sep 02 '21 at 14:34

PortWein · Answer 2 · 2018-04-19T12:49:47.387

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After I ran

sudo apt-get install nvidia-390

before

sudo service lightdm stop

in the UNIX-terminal, I ended up in some kind of messy loop. So I purged nvidia-390 with

apt-get remove --purge nvidia-390

Then I opened tty1 (Ctrl+Alt+F1), ran the 2 commands again and rebooted.

Any more adjustments to make?

edited Apr 19 '18 at 12:49

answered Apr 19 '18 at 12:42

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