Updating NVIDIA drivers on Debian based OS

Updating drivers on a VDS with an NVIDIA GPU running Debian

1. Log in to your VPS as root via SSH

2. Detecting the GPU Driver

In your terminal, run the following command:

apt list --installed | grep nvidia

The output should have a package with Nvidia as par of its name.

3. Updating the driver package

Run the following command

apt update && apt upgrade -y

4. Reboot your VPS

Now, reboot your VPS with the following command

reboot

And done! You've successfully updated your NVIDIA drivers to their latest version available on the package manager.