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Old 2nd March 2011
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The best way is to install as a port. The nVidia driver overwrites some older files, the port puts the old files back if you deinstall the port.

In any case, I don't know what exactly you're try to execute. The installation required source files to be compiled, libraries to be installed, kernel modules to be loaded, and possibly patches to be applied.
So there are several steps involved in the installation. The port does all of that automatically for you (Which is why I recommend using it).

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but I always get an error I can't recall at the moment. I'll write it down later.
That would be a great help in trying to resolve the problem!
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