Note that if you already have an older version then it will just upgrade it to the build corresponding to the latest package available on jessie/backports automatically.

Sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install 'xserver-xorg-video-intel' Now, just install the package using apt-get utility from terminal.

Sudo echo 'deb jessie-backports main contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list Install Backported “xserver-xorg-video-intel” Package You can follow same instructions below to either install latest Intel GPU driver from scratch or simply to perform an upgrade to the currently outdated driver package, the general idea is pulling the bleeding edge version of xserver-xorg-video-intel package from Debian jessie/backports repository branch.Īdd “jessie/backports” Branch to APT Sourcesīasically, one easy way to achieve that is by issuing this command into the terminal, like this: However, what we are going to cover in this article is upgrading that outdated driver to latest version to maximize performance, and how to solve tearing issues, after we force the use of the bleeding edge “ SNA” on X11 instead of “ UXA” as the default Hardware Acceleration method. Honestly, the simple answer for first question is that Debian Linux desktop distributions will originally come packed with hardware acceleration configured by default during installation for Intel processors just in case you would rely on the integrated GPU.

Force install intel graphics driver