Download and install Latest NVIDIA driver on Debian based OS

install_nvidia_debian.sh

#!/bin/bash
## this script is for Debian\Ubuntu.

## Check if root
if [ ! $UID = 0 ]; then
    echo "This script needs super user privileges to run"
    echo "run it againg using sudo or login as root"
    exit 1
fi

## Stop the DM:
service lightdm stop 
service gdm stop
service kdm stop

## remove existing drivers, install dkms
apt-get update
apt-get purge nvidia*
apt-get install dkms

## Get file name
LATEST_FILE="ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/latest.txt"
BASE_URL="http://uk.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64"

## Check curl || wget
if [ -f /usr/bin/curl ]; then
    function dl_name() {
        curl -s "$1"
    }
    function dl() {
        curl -o "$2" "$1"
    }
elif [ -f /usr/bin/wget ]; then
    function dl_name() {
        wget -q -O - "$1"
    }
    function dl() {
        wget -O $2 $1
    }
fi

PATH_LATEST="$(dl_name $LATEST_FILE | cut -d" " -f2)"
FILE_NAME="$(basename $PATH_LATEST)"

FILE_URL="$BASE_URL/$PATH_LATEST"

## Download
dl "$FILE_URL" "$FILE_NAME"

## Execute
chmod +x "$FILE_NAME"
sh "$FILE_NAME"

## Reboot
echo "Reboot your system.."