How to Install nvidia-173 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install nvidia-173 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

nvidia-173 software package provides NVIDIA legacy binary driver - version 173.14.39, 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 nvidia-173 

nvidia-173 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the nvidia-173 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep nvidia-173 *

You will get with nvidia-173 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

nvidia-173 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Miscellaneous
Package nvidia-173
Version 173.14.39-0ubuntu3
Description NVIDIA legacy binary driver - version 173.14.39
Sub Section misc


See Also, How to uninstall or remove nvidia-173 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?