Mohmmad Ayaz Shaikh asks:
Hey guys,
Does anyone know where I can find an offline installer for nVidia’s Ubuntu 12.04 LTS drivers? I would rather not install it via Synaptic package installer because I don’t have a proper internet connection! Can you tell me about dependencies and how do they work, and anything else I need to be aware of?
Thanks!
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Paul Girardin
December 11, 2012This answer has been simplified from http://www.webupd8.org/ and other sites
Use another computer this way :
To get a list of packages and dependencies necessary to install the drivers you can use this command to get that list saved to a .txt file, don’t worry, it will not install anything in your system!
sudo apt-get –print-uris –yes –reinstall install (name of package here) | grep ^\’ | cut -d\’ -f2 > (name of package here).txt
After you have the list and checked the .txt file you can then download the packages with wget or any other downloader tool of your choice:
wget –input-file (name of package here).txt
this will read each line in the (name of package here).txt file and download it to you current directory.
Replace (name of package here) with the actual name without the brackets ( )
After you saved the files in a USB drive or any other removable media you can then just go to your other computer, change directory to where you saved the files and use sudo dpkg -i *.deb to install them.
For a better (and longer) explanation, go here: http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/get-list-of-packages-and-dependencies.html
Hope this help
Sorry, pressed enter by mistake!! Awesome Comment!!
December 13, 2012josemon maliakal
December 11, 2012http://askubuntu.com/questions/164054/correct-way-to-install-nvidia-173-driver-on-ubuntu-12-04
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December 11, 2012I thought linux automatically install the drivers?
For Nvidia you need a network connection. Ubuntu can’t provide them on the CD, I believe for intellectual property reasons.
December 11, 2012Shankar C
December 12, 2012download the package from the corresponding software reprository.
the file should be in tar.gz2 format.
extract them and install
Mohammed Ayaz
December 28, 2012Guys i have found solution myself here first, i found a website http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/misc/nvidia-current-updates. Then downloaded the files through smartphone then transferred to my PC i.e. in home folder and executed them using a command “sudo dpkg -i *.*deb” (replace ” * ” with package name or let it be as it is,the command will still work!) and i couldn’t install those packages but i found the reason ( some dependencies were not satisfied actually, some files was missing). I kinda searched that file on same website and found it! Executed it then installed the drivers(desired package).
I have also searched found another website ” http://ihsan15-en.blogspot.com/2012/06/download-offline-installer-ubuntu-1204.html ” Hope this helps 
Jeff Fisher
January 17, 2013Download drivers.
Then go to:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8762.html