Install NVidia driver to play games. Install CUDA to run local AI and crack passwords. In just 4 commands.
Debian Wiki now recommends the approach used here: install NVidia drivers from NVidia.
Updated for Debian 13-Trixie.
This is the Debian 12-bookworm 2025 edition.
Looking for the current one? See NVidia Driver and CUDA on Debian.
To install NVidia proprietary driver on Debian, it's often just 'sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver'.
If you need a newer driver directly from NVidia, these short notes show you how.