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I am trying to install CUDA-9-0 on Ubuntu 18.04, but I get the following error when I run the command sudo apt install cuda

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 cuda : Depends: cuda-9-0 (>= 9.0.176) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I have nVidia-driver-390 properly installed installed. I try to install CUDA using .deb local file installation method as described on the website of nVidia Here

I use the .deb file for Ubuntu 17.04

Does anyone has an idea how to solve this?

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  • Show the repository which you try to use for this package installation. – mariaczi Jun 20 '18 at 10:35
  • There is no repo, as I stated in my question, I am using .deb local file installation method – Peshmerge Jun 21 '18 at 6:18
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I have solved the problem by removing the nVidia driver and reinstalling it. What I did is :

sudo apt purge nvidia*

and then re-installed it using:

sudo apt install nvidia-390

I am using ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa for nVidia drivers. The repo is added using: 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

I don't know what was the reason, but as you see removing and re-installing solved the problem.

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