Updating NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu based OS

Updating drivers on a VDS with an NVIDIA GPU running Ubuntu

1. Log in to your VPS as root via SSH

2. Detecting the GPU Driver

In your terminal, run the following command:

$ nvidia-smi

The output should look similar to the screenshot below.

3. Updating the driver package

Update your server packages and your drivers to their latest minor release version.

apt update && apt upgrade -y

3.1 Updating to the next major version.

While the package manager automatically updates your drivers to the latest minor version from NVIDIA, to update to the next major version of NVIDIA drivers, run the following command:

$ ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

4. Reboot your VPS

Now, reboot your VPS with the following command

reboot

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