How do I install the latest NVIDIA drivers from the .run file?

Posted by Shahe Tajiryan on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Shahe Tajiryan
Published on 2011-10-14T17:49:23Z Indexed on 2014/06/10 9:42 UTC
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This is what I am trying to do. I downloaded the latest driver for my VGA from http://www.nvidia.com. The installation needs the X11 to be shut down, so I log out of my account, then press Ctrl+Alt+F1, then log in with my username and password, then run the command

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-285.05.09.run

in every possible way, I have even tried CHMODing the package with 777 permissions, but still I'm getting the

sh: can't open NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-285.05.09.run

error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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