Install DisplayLink Driver on Ubuntu 20.04

Download the latest driver from https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu.

Note that your DisplayLink device/dock needs to be unplugged before installing.

# find the download link
link=`curl -fsSL 'https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu-5.4.1?filetype=exe' | grep exe_files | grep -oP 'href="\K[^"]+'`
echo Downloading driver from https://www.synaptics.com$link

# download to home
mkdir -p ~/displaylink
cd ~/displaylink
curl -fsSLo displaylink.zip https://www.synaptics.com$link

# prepare executable
unzip displaylink.zip
mv displaylink-driver-*.run displaylink.run
chmod +x displaylink.run

# install
sudo ./displaylink.run

If you see the warning WARNING: Version x.x.x of EVDI kernel module is already running., just need to unstall the driver and reboot before installing again.

sudo ./displaylink.run -- uninstall
sudo reboot
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