How to properly reinstall NVIDIA driver on fedora 32 after issue with update

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I had some OS updates on fedora 32. I installed them, but now I have the issues described here. Basically, the OS was updated, but not the NVIDIA driver to the updated OS. So, I lost the graphical interface. I need to reinstall the NVIDIA driver. My question is: do I need to first uninstall the current NVIDIA driver? or can I just install directly the NVIDIA driver like I did before without uninstalling anything?

Artem S. Tashkinov · Answer

My question is: do I need to first uninstall the current NVIDIA driver?

Yes.

or can I just install directly the NVIDIA driver like I did before without uninstalling anything?

The driver provided by NVIDIA is not meant to be used by end-users. You should use the RPMfusion package instead:
https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA

How to properly reinstall NVIDIA driver on fedora 32 after issue with update

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