This is an auxiliary snap for Ubuntu Core systems to correctly assemble NVIDIA drivers, load them into the kernel, and provide all the necessary device nodes, modprobe settings and udev rules.
This snap by itself does not contain any drivers, but install relies on the the kernel snap to ship NVIDIA driver components and detached signatures.
Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install nvidia-assemble
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
For versions of Ubuntu between 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) and 15.10 (Wily Werewolf), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include snap by default, snap can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for snapd.
Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
Install nvidia-assemble
To install nvidia-assemble, simply use the following command: