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I was following this guide: https://github.com/lutris/lutris/wiki/Installing-drivers and when I tried to install the driver, it throwed this error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 nvidia-driver-418 : Depends: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-418 (= 418.56-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libnvidia-cfg1-418 (= 418.56-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I have tried fixing it using multiple different ways:

  • I tried to install it using -f, it throws same output regardless
  • I updated and upgraded aptitude
  • sudo apt-get clean, output is empty
  • sudo dpkg --configure -a, output is empty

  • sudo apt-get -f install, output is this:

    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

  • sudo apt-get build-dep build-essential but that throws an error:

    E: Unable to find a source package for build-essential

What am I supposed to do? I am using Linux Mint 19.1 and I have GTX 1060 graphics card.

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  • Crossoni, if you would like to post the instructions from that link into an Answer, ping me here and I will reopen the question. Posting "answers" in the "question' is not how the Stack Exchange format is supposed to work. Thank you! Commented Oct 6, 2019 at 1:43
  • @JeffSchaller Sure, I can post the answer here. Commented Oct 7, 2019 at 8:26

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The versions of the dependency packages ("418.56-0ubuntu0~gpu 18.04.1") indicate you're trying to install a version intended for Ubuntu 18.04 rather than Ubuntu/Mint 19.1. Probably the xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-418 and libnvidia-cfg1-418 packages are available within the PPA repository, but they depend on 18.04-specific versions of other components, so the package manager is correct in refusing to install them.

Despite similar version numbers, Mint 19.1 is actually based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS after all. So the above was false, and I don't know what is going on here.

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  • I tried installing nvidia-driver-430 and it throws almost the same error: nvidia-driver-430 : Depends: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-430 (= 430.14-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libnvidia-cfg1-430 (= 430.14-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) but it is not going to be installed Commented May 17, 2019 at 9:59
  • Your repository configuration must still be referring to 18.04 then. If you've recently upgraded from 18.04 to 19.10, you might try removing and reinstalling that PPA: sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa, then sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa. Commented May 17, 2019 at 10:16
  • I have not upgraded, this Linux Mint 19.1 is the first build I have ever had. I followed your instructions for removing and reinstalling the PPA, but it still throws the same error. Commented May 17, 2019 at 10:26
  • Strange. Perhaps the PPA has an error then, or perhaps you have something else installed that specifically depends on 18.04 version of the drivers. Commented May 17, 2019 at 11:04
  • When I use command cat /etc/upstream-release/lsb-release it shows that my DISTRIB_RELEASE is 18.04. It also says that DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION is "Ubuntu 18.04 LTS". Is there something wrong with my build? Commented May 17, 2019 at 11:10
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Removing my old nvidia driver with the command

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

before installing the new driver fixed the problem. I would have hoped that the Lutris guide would have said anything about removing old nvidia driver first, but I guess that it should be common sense.

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Run this first,

Solution  root@vdesk:~# for FILE in $(dpkg-divert --list | grep nvidia-340 | awk '{print $3}'); do dpkg-divert --remove $FILE; done

Then install it from ppa,

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nvidia-390
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