<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for Linux (vers 1 September 2005), see www.w3.org"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content= "text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <title>Features of the Installer</title> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title= "NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver README and Installation Guide"> <link rel="up" href="chapter-04.html" title= "Chapter 4. Installing the NVIDIA Driver"> <link rel="prev" href="chapter-04-section-03.html" title= "Installing the Kernel Interface"> <link rel="next" href="chapter-05.html" title= "Chapter 5. Listing of Installed Components"> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">Features of the Installer</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href= "chapter-04-section-03.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 4. Installing the NVIDIA Driver</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href= "chapter-05.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr></div> <div class="section" lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id299828" id= "id299828"></a>Features of the Installer</h2> </div> </div> </div> <p>Without options, the <code class="filename">.run</code> file executes the installer after unpacking it. The installer can be run as a separate step in the process, or can be run at a later time to get updates, etc. Some of the more important commandline options of <code class="filename">nvidia-installer</code> are:</p> <div class="variablelist"> <p class="title"><b><code class="filename">nvidia-installer</code> options</b></p> <dl> <dt><span class="term"><code class= "option">--uninstall</code></span></dt> <dd> <p>During installation, the installer will make backups of any conflicting files and record the installation of new files. The uninstall option undoes an install, restoring the system to its pre-install state.</p> </dd> <dt><span class="term"><code class= "option">--latest</code></span></dt> <dd> <p>Connect to NVIDIA's FTP site, and report the latest driver version and the url to the latest driver file.</p> </dd> <dt><span class="term"><code class= "option">--update</code></span></dt> <dd> <p>Connect to NVIDIA's FTP site, download the most recent driver file, and install it.</p> </dd> <dt><span class="term"><code class= "option">--ui=none</code></span></dt> <dd> <p>The installer uses an ncurses-based user interface if it is able to locate the correct ncurses library. Otherwise, it will fall back to a simple commandline user interface. This option disables the use of the ncurses library.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <p>Note that, as suggested by the options, the installer has the ability to download updated precompiled kernel interfaces from the NVIDIA FTP site (for kernels that were released after the NVIDIA driver release).</p> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href= "chapter-04-section-03.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href= "chapter-04.html">Up</a></td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href= "chapter-05.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Installing the Kernel Interface </td> <td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href= "index.html">Home</a></td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 5. Listing of Installed Components</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>
