Nvidia driver install Ubuntu 16.04

Solution 1:

Fixed: Exited the install, disabled noveau by following an answer on this post (added blacklists to file) rebooted system, restarted installation and ignored the initial warning this time. Drivers and card now working.

How do I disable the "Nouveau Kernel Driver"?

Solution 2:

Please try the deb (local) of CUDA 8.0 toolkit. You don't have to install the driver using *.run file, thereby avoiding the issue with Nouveau (enable/disable).

I was stuck with this issue for a long time for my Ubuntu 16.04. After installing a fresh copy of Ubuntu 16.04, I installed CUDA 8.0 toolkit using the deb (local):

sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1604-8-0-local-ga2_8.0.61-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cuda

Nvidia driver is working well on my computer now. Prior to that, I was trying to install Nvidia driver using the *.run file without any luck. Give it a shot it will save your valuable time.