How do I add NVIDIA GPU to a Linux virtual machine?

Sorin Bobariu 1

Just created a Linux Ubuntu VM, but I also need to have NVIDIA GPU on this machine

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Pope_Innocent_3rd 316 Reputation points

2021-10-26T14:32:53.147+00:00
Open Terminal

$ apt search nvidia-driver

$ apt-cache search nvidia-driver

$ sudo apt update

$ sudo apt upgrade

$ sudo apt install nvidia-driver-<the number it shows you. In my case 460$ >

reboot

Verify the installation with: nvidia-smi

Hope it was helpful
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JimmyYang-MSFT 54,246 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-10-27T05:50:40.907+00:00

Hi @Sorin Bobariu

Thanks for @NilsKwade-1102 suggestion! Does it work for you?

Pope_Innocent_3rd 316 Reputation points

2021-10-27T10:17:29.023+00:00

For me this worked
Otherwise I wouldnt have suggested it ^^

I have a Ubuntu 20.04 and a nVidia RTX2080 Super in my System.
Together with Wine its actually really effective to also play games on Linux.
Eventhough AMD is easier because Linux actively supports AMD but not nVidia

Benhotmai Reaves 0 Reputation points

2024-01-31T20:14:02.8033333+00:00

That's not how to add a GPU to a VM. I think you just showed how to add the driver to a GPU that's already on your VM.

Raja Nagendra Kumar 11 Reputation points

2024-03-20T17:08:00.0266667+00:00

the number it shows you. In my case 460

how to know this number for my machine
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F1 Admin 1 Reputation point

2022-08-26T14:49:06.857+00:00

This caused a boot loop failure in a Standard NV36ads A10 v5 (36 vcpus, 440 GiB memory)
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