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I'm having problems with poor performance with one of my games using Wine. I think it may be my graphics. So I want to update to the latest driver. However, I can't seem to do it. According to this link http://www.nvidia.co.uk/download/driverResults.aspx/92854/en-uk the latest driver is 352.55.

But when running the series of commands below, it doesn't update to that version. It just stays on 352.21 (checked by going to the System Settings > Software & Updates > Additional Drivers tab).

sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install nvidia-352

Why is it not updating?

john smith
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You used the wrong PPA - the drivers moved from xorg-edgers to Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA.

Before you install new drivers remove every NVIDIA related software and external repositories.

Open a terminal and execute :

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*  
sudo reboot

Now install NVIDIA 352.55 drivers - (latest stable version as of date writing these instructions) ...

Open a terminal and execute :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-352
sudo reboot

If you want to install the latest official NVIDIA drivers 355.11 ... installation command would be :

sudo apt-get install nvidia-355

In case you have a switchable graphics solution install NVIDIA Optimus support as well - execute : 

sudo apt-get install nvidia-prime
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