ubuntu-drivers

Manage Ubuntu hardware driver packages

TLDR

List available drivers for current hardware

$ sudo ubuntu-drivers list

Install all recommended drivers

$ sudo ubuntu-drivers install

Install a specific driver

$ sudo ubuntu-drivers install nvidia-driver-535

Display help

$ ubuntu-drivers --help

Show devices and available drivers

$ ubuntu-drivers devices

List only recommended drivers

$ ubuntu-drivers list --recommended

List GPGPU (server) drivers

$ ubuntu-drivers list --gpgpu

Install only free drivers

$ sudo ubuntu-drivers install --free-only

SYNOPSIS

ubuntu-drivers [options] command

ubuntu-drivers is a utility for managing driver packages on Ubuntu systems. It detects hardware that requires proprietary or additional drivers and can automatically install the recommended drivers.

PARAMETERS

list

List recommended driver packages for detected hardware

install

Install recommended drivers for all detected hardware

install DRIVER

Install a specific driver package

devices

Show devices and available drivers

autoinstall

Install drivers automatically (used during system installation).

debug

Print debug information for troubleshooting.

--gpgpu

Operate on GPGPU/server drivers (for compute workloads, not display). Use with list or install.

--recommended

Restrict list/install to recommended drivers only.

--free-only

Only consider free (non-proprietary) packages.

--package-list FILE

Write the list of selected packages to FILE (used by installers).

CAVEATS

Requires root privileges for installation. A system restart is typically required after driver installation. For NVIDIA drivers, this tool is the recommended method on Ubuntu systems.

HISTORY

ubuntu-drivers is developed by Canonical as part of Ubuntu's device driver management system, simplifying the process of finding and installing hardware drivers.