get GPU model details
# the model
lspci | grep -i nvidia
# lspci -v | grep -A 10 VGA
# the driver version being used
cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
# installed packages
dpkg -l | grep nvidia
verify drivers are loaded
nvidia-smi
find the arch
arch
# or
uname -m
NVIDIA driver
Check the Link to find the right version and download it.
get CUDA version
WARNING: nvidia-smi shows some CUDA version which is only driver CUDA version support, not the current CUDA version.
# recommended
/usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc --version
# second method
realpath /usr/local/cuda
# third method
head -n 5 /usr/local/cuda/version.json | grep version
apt --fix-broken install
Some error:
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-560_560.35.03-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnvidia-api.so.1', which is also in package libnvidia-extra-545:amd64 545.23.08-0ubuntu1
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
The solution:
dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-560_560.35.03-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
apt --fix-broken install