How to Install nouveau-firmware software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install nouveau-firmware software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

nouveau-firmware software package provides Firmware for nVidia graphics cards, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nouveau-firmware 

nouveau-firmware is installed in your system.

Make ensure the nouveau-firmware package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep nouveau-firmware *

You will get with nouveau-firmware package name, version, architecture and description in a table

nouveau-firmware package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Kernels
Package nouveau-firmware
Version 20091212-0ubuntu1
Description Firmware for nVidia graphics cards
Sub Section Kernels


See Also, How to uninstall or remove nouveau-firmware software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?