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Can't install NVIDIA drivers after I accidentally removed them

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So, I accidentally uninstalled NVIDIA drivers with apt autoremove, I tried to reinstall it from "Software & Updates" app but all the options in Additional drivers are greyed out.

I don't want to manually install NVIDIA drivers using the packages from NVIDIA's website because it's very tedious and usually does not work, What should I do now?

My laptop is Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Gaming with Gtx1650, if that's required.
I'm running Ubuntu Desktop 21.04 latest stable release

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answered 1 Year ago laiuct · Accepted Answer

After more digging, I found that sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall installed NVIDIA drivers for me and now my device went back to normal, I rechecked if apt autoremove will again remove the drivers, but it didn't this time.
I guess it was some bug during the installation during OS installation made the driver packages marked as unused.