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Just in case it's relevant, I'm working with Ubuntu 16.04.

I had a repo (NVIDIA CUDA repo to be specific), from which I installed the cuda package.

I removed it from the "Other Software" section in Ubuntu's "Software & Updates" (using the "remove" option).

Now I want to reinstall the package, so I added the same local repo in the same way I originally did:

sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1604-8-0-local-ga2_8.0.61-1_amd64.deb

And got the output:

(Reading database ... 464489 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack cuda-repo-ubuntu1604-8-0-local-ga2_8.0.61-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking cuda-repo-ubuntu1604-8-0-local-ga2 (8.0.61-1) over (8.0.61-1) ...
Setting up cuda-repo-ubuntu1604-8-0-local-ga2 (8.0.61-1) ...
OK

Then I update and sudo apt-get install --reinstall cuda, but I get:

Reinstallation of cuda is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.

The repo also doesn't appear in my "Other Software" section in Ubuntu's "Software & Updates" (from which it was removed previously).

Does anyone know what might be the cause of it? Thanks ahead

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  • Updating show no error, but it doesn't 'get' any nvidia/cuda repo. The synaptic shows the same "software & updates" menu in settings->repositories (with no nvidia/cuda repo checked or unchecked)
    – Oded Sayar
    Mar 25, 2017 at 15:09

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I had a look and started to download the local repo, before I found out that there's also a network repo. Installed it from here, using gdebi https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads

Synaptic shows enter image description here

and also enter image description here

and tells me http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1604/x86_64 has to be set as the correct path for 16.04.

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  • I tried to purge the cuda-repo-* and cleaning the package manager, but it didn't allow me to reinstall (same error)
    – Oded Sayar
    Mar 26, 2017 at 10:01
  • So moving the .deb to a different path and renaming it should solve it? Or should I use the "network" repo, so gedbi sees it as a different repo?
    – Oded Sayar
    Mar 26, 2017 at 10:26
  • Thank, your solution worked (clean->change repo's path->reinstall repo->reinstall package)
    – Oded Sayar
    Mar 26, 2017 at 10:44

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