Cuda has unmet dependencies. Unable to install

I have been trying to install cuda, and I cannot for the life of me figure this out :(. This is the error that i keep running into, and I can't think of any packages that would be broken on this machine. It's a fresh install of Ubuntu Server (uname -a Linux marte 4.18.0-11-generic #12-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 23 19:22:37 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux running Cosmic)

% sudo apt-get install cuda

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have

requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable

distribution that some required packages have not yet been created

or been moved out of Incoming.

The following information may help to resolve the situation:



The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 cuda : Depends: cuda-10-0 (>= 10.0.130) but it is not going to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Some other possibly useful information?

My attempt to find any broken packages

% sudo debsums --changed

sudo debsums --changed  7.72s user 3.54s system 22% cpu 49.658 total

/etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic main universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security main universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates main universe

Edit: Going down the rabbit whole to try and install unmet dependencies manually, I have come to the following wall

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 nvidia-410 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-15 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-18 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-19 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-20 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-23 but it is not installable

              Recommends: nvidia-settings (>= 331.20) but it is not going to be installed

              Recommends: nvidia-prime (>= 0.5) but it is not going to be installed or

                          bumblebee but it is not going to be installed

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Edit: I have finally found a solution! I finally found that the package that provides xorg-vide-abi-* was xserver-xorg-core(2:1.19.6-ubuntu4.2) but the held package was xserver-xorg-core(2:1.20*) and no longer provided the xerver-xorg-core package necessary :(

~~My new question: Is there anyway I can add xserver-xorg-core to a list that is ignored by apt-get upgrade?~~

Edit: Ignore that last question I found the answer with a quick 10 second ~~google~~ DuckDuckGo search! :facepalm:

edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:06

asked Nov 30 '18 at 23:08

j-money

1,056415

In apt-speak, dependency problems are what 'broken' actually means. Look for wrong-version sources that cause the impossible situation. For example, the error message is saying that the non-Ubuntu-package cuda-10-0 cannot be installed due to dependency problems.

– user535733
Nov 30 '18 at 23:19

@user535733 That was what I originally thought! So going down the rabbit whole, I was met with an error that I'm not entirely sure how to deal with, I've updated the original post to reflect these "findings". As per the edit, should I be looking in a non-ubuntu repo for this? Im not sure what is not installable means (outside of not able to be installed :'D)

– j-money
Nov 30 '18 at 23:30

1

Server does not even have X, so while I have seen the cuda executables run the non-graphical samples under Wayland, how are you planning on running cuda?

– ubfan1
Nov 30 '18 at 23:35

I swear one day i'll learn how to post @ubfan1 This was another thought I had, so I tried installing X. Are your thoughts that I should scrap it (It really is just a fresh install with X, and zsh installed) and install ubuntu desktop?

– j-money
Nov 30 '18 at 23:38

Might as well, if you need to install X on a server, desktop is probably the way to go. Get the Nvidia drivers set up from the ubuntu repos, and then do the CUDA deb from Nvidia. Not sure what cuda you'd need from the ubuntu repos after that, maybe nothing.

– ubfan1
Nov 30 '18 at 23:45

|
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% sudo apt-get install cuda

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have

requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable

distribution that some required packages have not yet been created

or been moved out of Incoming.

The following information may help to resolve the situation:



The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 cuda : Depends: cuda-10-0 (>= 10.0.130) but it is not going to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Some other possibly useful information?

My attempt to find any broken packages

% sudo debsums --changed

sudo debsums --changed  7.72s user 3.54s system 22% cpu 49.658 total

/etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic main universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security main universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates main universe

Edit: Going down the rabbit whole to try and install unmet dependencies manually, I have come to the following wall

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 nvidia-410 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-15 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-18 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-19 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-20 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-23 but it is not installable

              Recommends: nvidia-settings (>= 331.20) but it is not going to be installed

              Recommends: nvidia-prime (>= 0.5) but it is not going to be installed or

                          bumblebee but it is not going to be installed

Does anyone have any suggestions?

~~My new question: Is there anyway I can add xserver-xorg-core to a list that is ignored by apt-get upgrade?~~

Edit: Ignore that last question I found the answer with a quick 10 second ~~google~~ DuckDuckGo search! :facepalm:

edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:06

asked Nov 30 '18 at 23:08

j-money

1,056415

In apt-speak, dependency problems are what 'broken' actually means. Look for wrong-version sources that cause the impossible situation. For example, the error message is saying that the non-Ubuntu-package cuda-10-0 cannot be installed due to dependency problems.

– user535733
Nov 30 '18 at 23:19

@user535733 That was what I originally thought! So going down the rabbit whole, I was met with an error that I'm not entirely sure how to deal with, I've updated the original post to reflect these "findings". As per the edit, should I be looking in a non-ubuntu repo for this? Im not sure what is not installable means (outside of not able to be installed :'D)

– j-money
Nov 30 '18 at 23:30

1

Server does not even have X, so while I have seen the cuda executables run the non-graphical samples under Wayland, how are you planning on running cuda?

– ubfan1
Nov 30 '18 at 23:35

I swear one day i'll learn how to post @ubfan1 This was another thought I had, so I tried installing X. Are your thoughts that I should scrap it (It really is just a fresh install with X, and zsh installed) and install ubuntu desktop?

– j-money
Nov 30 '18 at 23:38

Might as well, if you need to install X on a server, desktop is probably the way to go. Get the Nvidia drivers set up from the ubuntu repos, and then do the CUDA deb from Nvidia. Not sure what cuda you'd need from the ubuntu repos after that, maybe nothing.

– ubfan1
Nov 30 '18 at 23:45

|
show 2 more comments

% sudo apt-get install cuda

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have

requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable

distribution that some required packages have not yet been created

or been moved out of Incoming.

The following information may help to resolve the situation:



The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 cuda : Depends: cuda-10-0 (>= 10.0.130) but it is not going to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Some other possibly useful information?

My attempt to find any broken packages

% sudo debsums --changed

sudo debsums --changed  7.72s user 3.54s system 22% cpu 49.658 total

/etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic main universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security main universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates main universe

Edit: Going down the rabbit whole to try and install unmet dependencies manually, I have come to the following wall

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 nvidia-410 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-15 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-18 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-19 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-20 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-23 but it is not installable

              Recommends: nvidia-settings (>= 331.20) but it is not going to be installed

              Recommends: nvidia-prime (>= 0.5) but it is not going to be installed or

                          bumblebee but it is not going to be installed

Does anyone have any suggestions?

~~My new question: Is there anyway I can add xserver-xorg-core to a list that is ignored by apt-get upgrade?~~

Edit: Ignore that last question I found the answer with a quick 10 second ~~google~~ DuckDuckGo search! :facepalm:

edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:06

asked Nov 30 '18 at 23:08

j-money

1,056415

% sudo apt-get install cuda

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have

requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable

distribution that some required packages have not yet been created

or been moved out of Incoming.

The following information may help to resolve the situation:



The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 cuda : Depends: cuda-10-0 (>= 10.0.130) but it is not going to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Some other possibly useful information?

My attempt to find any broken packages

% sudo debsums --changed

sudo debsums --changed  7.72s user 3.54s system 22% cpu 49.658 total

/etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic main universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security main universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates main universe

Edit: Going down the rabbit whole to try and install unmet dependencies manually, I have come to the following wall

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 nvidia-410 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-15 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-18 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-19 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-20 but it is not installable or

                       xorg-video-abi-23 but it is not installable

              Recommends: nvidia-settings (>= 331.20) but it is not going to be installed

              Recommends: nvidia-prime (>= 0.5) but it is not going to be installed or

                          bumblebee but it is not going to be installed

Does anyone have any suggestions?

~~My new question: Is there anyway I can add xserver-xorg-core to a list that is ignored by apt-get upgrade?~~

Edit: Ignore that last question I found the answer with a quick 10 second ~~google~~ DuckDuckGo search! :facepalm:

apt nvidia package-management dependencies cuda

edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:06

asked Nov 30 '18 at 23:08

j-money

1,056415

edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:06

asked Nov 30 '18 at 23:08

j-money

1,056415

edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:06

asked Nov 30 '18 at 23:08

j-money

1,056415

asked Nov 30 '18 at 23:08

j-money

1,056415

asked Nov 30 '18 at 23:08

j-money

1,056415

In apt-speak, dependency problems are what 'broken' actually means. Look for wrong-version sources that cause the impossible situation. For example, the error message is saying that the non-Ubuntu-package cuda-10-0 cannot be installed due to dependency problems.

– user535733
Nov 30 '18 at 23:19

@user535733 That was what I originally thought! So going down the rabbit whole, I was met with an error that I'm not entirely sure how to deal with, I've updated the original post to reflect these "findings". As per the edit, should I be looking in a non-ubuntu repo for this? Im not sure what is not installable means (outside of not able to be installed :'D)

– j-money
Nov 30 '18 at 23:30

1

Server does not even have X, so while I have seen the cuda executables run the non-graphical samples under Wayland, how are you planning on running cuda?

– ubfan1
Nov 30 '18 at 23:35

I swear one day i'll learn how to post @ubfan1 This was another thought I had, so I tried installing X. Are your thoughts that I should scrap it (It really is just a fresh install with X, and zsh installed) and install ubuntu desktop?

– j-money
Nov 30 '18 at 23:38

Might as well, if you need to install X on a server, desktop is probably the way to go. Get the Nvidia drivers set up from the ubuntu repos, and then do the CUDA deb from Nvidia. Not sure what cuda you'd need from the ubuntu repos after that, maybe nothing.

– ubfan1
Nov 30 '18 at 23:45

|
show 2 more comments

In apt-speak, dependency problems are what 'broken' actually means. Look for wrong-version sources that cause the impossible situation. For example, the error message is saying that the non-Ubuntu-package cuda-10-0 cannot be installed due to dependency problems.

– user535733
Nov 30 '18 at 23:19

@user535733 That was what I originally thought! So going down the rabbit whole, I was met with an error that I'm not entirely sure how to deal with, I've updated the original post to reflect these "findings". As per the edit, should I be looking in a non-ubuntu repo for this? Im not sure what is not installable means (outside of not able to be installed :'D)

– j-money
Nov 30 '18 at 23:30

1

Server does not even have X, so while I have seen the cuda executables run the non-graphical samples under Wayland, how are you planning on running cuda?

– ubfan1
Nov 30 '18 at 23:35

I swear one day i'll learn how to post @ubfan1 This was another thought I had, so I tried installing X. Are your thoughts that I should scrap it (It really is just a fresh install with X, and zsh installed) and install ubuntu desktop?

– j-money
Nov 30 '18 at 23:38

Might as well, if you need to install X on a server, desktop is probably the way to go. Get the Nvidia drivers set up from the ubuntu repos, and then do the CUDA deb from Nvidia. Not sure what cuda you'd need from the ubuntu repos after that, maybe nothing.

– ubfan1
Nov 30 '18 at 23:45

In apt-speak, dependency problems are what 'broken' actually means. Look for wrong-version sources that cause the impossible situation. For example, the error message is saying that the non-Ubuntu-package cuda-10-0 cannot be installed due to dependency problems.

– user535733
Nov 30 '18 at 23:19

@user535733 That was what I originally thought! So going down the rabbit whole, I was met with an error that I'm not entirely sure how to deal with, I've updated the original post to reflect these "findings". As per the edit, should I be looking in a non-ubuntu repo for this? Im not sure what is not installable means (outside of not able to be installed :'D)

– j-money
Nov 30 '18 at 23:30

Server does not even have X, so while I have seen the cuda executables run the non-graphical samples under Wayland, how are you planning on running cuda?

– ubfan1
Nov 30 '18 at 23:35

I swear one day i'll learn how to post @ubfan1 This was another thought I had, so I tried installing X. Are your thoughts that I should scrap it (It really is just a fresh install with X, and zsh installed) and install ubuntu desktop?

– j-money
Nov 30 '18 at 23:38

Might as well, if you need to install X on a server, desktop is probably the way to go. Get the Nvidia drivers set up from the ubuntu repos, and then do the CUDA deb from Nvidia. Not sure what cuda you'd need from the ubuntu repos after that, maybe nothing.

– ubfan1
Nov 30 '18 at 23:45

|
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the problem is that ubuntu does not know where to find these packages. type the following code in terminal:

add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

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the problem is that ubuntu does not know where to find these packages. type the following code in terminal:

add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

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the problem is that ubuntu does not know where to find these packages. type the following code in terminal:

add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

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the problem is that ubuntu does not know where to find these packages. type the following code in terminal:

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