<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for Linux/x86 (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="id2545089" id= "id2545089"></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></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>
