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+define(__OPTIONS__, [[[include([[[options.1.inc]]])dnl]]])dnl
+.\" Copyright (C) 2005 NVIDIA Corporation.
+.\"
+__HEADER__
+.\" Define the URL macro and then load the URL package if it exists.
+.de URL
+\\$2 \(laURL: \\$1 \(ra\\$3
+..
+.if \n[.g] .mso www.tmac
+.TH nvidia\-installer 1 2005-09-01 "nvidia\-installer __VERSION__"
+.SH NAME
+nvidia\-installer \- install, upgrade, or uninstall the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver Set
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B nvidia\-installer
+[
+.I options
+]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+.B nvidia\-installer
+is a tool for installing, updating, and uninstalling the NVIDIA __INSTALLER_OS__ Graphics Driver.
+When the driver is installed by running, for example:
+.sp
+.ti +5
+sh NVIDIA\-__INSTALLER_OS__\-__INSTALLER_ARCH__\-__DRIVER_VERSION__\-pkg1.run
+.sp
+The .run file unpacks itself and invokes the contained
+.B nvidia\-installer
+utility.
+.B nvidia\-installer
+then walks you through the installation process.
+As part of installation,
+.B nvidia\-installer
+is installed on the system for later use, such as for uninstalling the currently installed driver or updating to newer drivers.
+.PP
+In the default 'install' mode of operation,
+.B nvidia\-installer
+probes your system to determine which driver files should be installed and where.
+.B nvidia\-installer
+then determines which files already present on your system will conflict with driver installation; those files are noted and will be later backed up.
+At this point, nothing will have been changed on the file system, though a "command list" will have been generated.
+If running in expert mode (requested with the
+.B \-\-expert
+commandline option), this command list will be presented so that you can review all operations that
+.B nvidia\-installer
+intends to perform.
+Finally,
+.B nvidia\-installer
+executes the commandlist, backing up conflicting files already present on the file system, installing the new driver files on the file system, creating symlinks, and running system utilities like
+.BR depmod (8)
+and
+.BR ldconfig (8).
+.PP
+To later uninstall the NVIDIA __INSTALLER_OS__ graphics driver, you can run
+.B nvidia\-installer \-\-uninstall.
+In the 'uninstall' mode of operation, all driver files that were installed on the system are deleted, and all files that were backed up during installation are restored to their original locations.
+The uninstall process should restore your filesystem to its state prior to installation.
+If you install one NVIDIA __INSTALLER_OS__ graphics driver while another is already installed, this uninstall step is automatically performed on the old driver at the beginning of installation of the new driver.
+.PP
+You can also use
+.B nvidia\-installer
+to automatically update to newer drivers.
+.PP
+You can query the latest driver available on NVIDIA's website with the
+.B \-\-latest
+option, or request that the latest driver, if newer than your current driver, be automatically downloaded and installed by specifying the
+.B \-\-update
+commandline option.
+.PP
+\fBnvidia\-installer\fR's backend is separate from its user interface; the installer will use an ncurses-based user interface if it can find the correct ncurses library, otherwise, it will fall back to a simple commandline user interface.
+To disable use of the ncurses user interface, use the option
+.B \-\-ui=none.
+Additional user interfaces, utilizing GTK+ or QT, for example, could be provided in the future.
+.\" XXX should we describe precompiled kernel interfaces here?
+.PP
+The source code to
+.B nvidia\-installer
+is released under the GPL and available here:
+.sp
+.ti +5
+.URL "ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia\-installer/"
+.sp
+Patches are welcome.
+dnl Call gen-manpage-opts to generate this section.
+__OPTIONS__
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP
+.B nvidia\-installer \-\-latest
+Connect to NVIDIA's FTP site, and report the latest driver version and the URL to the latest driver file.
+.TP
+.B nvidia\-installer \-\-update
+Connect to NVIDIA's FTP site.
+If a newer version of the driver is available, download and install it.
+Use
+.B \-\-force\-update
+to install the most recent driver even if
+.B \-\-nvidia\-installer
+detects that it is installed already.
+.TP
+.B nvidia\-installer \-\-uninstall
+Remove the NVIDIA driver and restore files that were overwritten during the install process.
+.\" .SH FILES
+.\" .I /usr/lib/libGL.so.NNNN
+.SH AUTHOR
+Aaron Plattner
+.br
+NVIDIA Corporation
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR nvidia-xconfig (1),
+.BR nvidia-settings (1),
+.I /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2005 NVIDIA Corporation.