I cannot say I'm sure if this information helps, but in hope it does:

OS: Pure Ubuntu (*not* X or L...) 13.10 "apt-get upgrade" to 14.04 LTS  

CTRL+Alt+F1 -> login -> Bash -> sudo bash ->

# blacklisting of at least "noveau" REQUIRED to be able to get anywhere 
# *** more detail not investigated!
# NOTE: I do NOT se the login prompt unless this is in place!
# USE recovery mode boot -> 'root prompt' on fsck'ed filesystems to get it in 
place.

# cat /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf
blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
blacklist nvidia-173
blacklist nvidia-96
blacklist nvidia-current
blacklist nvidia-173-updates
blacklist nvidia-96-updates
alias nvidia nvidia_current_updates
alias nouveau off
alias lbm-nouveau off

-- end of file --
Commands to install the OEM-driver.

---
sudo service lightdm stop
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

# In this step I got bitten by nvidia-prime getting pulled in by
sudo apt-get install nvidia-331-updates-dev
# From memory: "init" says "nvidia-prime" does not exist, "start" failed - in 
the last screenful of text

# the following doesn't matter 
# as ^- stops with "init" telling it cannot start "nvidia-prime" (out of 
memory, from tty output)
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-*-337.25.run
---

NOTE: If I replace 
"sudo apt-get install nvidia-331-updates-dev" 
with
"sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings-319 nvidia-settings-319-updates"
the above sequence works.


Summary, getting things to work:

sudo service lightdm stop
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings-319 nvidia-settings-319-updates
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-*-337.25.run


-- on a working installation --
$ dpkg --list | grep nvidia
ii  nvidia-settings                          331.20-0ubuntu8         amd64      
  Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-settings-319                  331.20-0ubuntu8         amd64        
Transitional package for nvidia-settings
ii  nvidia-settings-319-updates  331.20-0ubuntu8          amd64        
Transitional package for nvidia-settings
hannu@wkbox ~ bash (P)PID=(3961)3969, s=0
$ apt-get install nvidia-331<TAB>
nvidia-331        nvidia-331-dev          nvidia-331-updates      
nvidia-331-updates-dev  nvidia-331-updates-uvm  nvidia-331-uvm          
hannu@wkbox ~ bash (P)PID=(3961)3969, s=0
$ apt-get install nvidia-pri<TAB>
nvidia-prime
hannu@wkbox ~ bash (P)PID=(3961)3969, s=0

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  Install nvidia-331 on X/K/Lubuntu results in unbootable machine

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