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RunPod•3w ago
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How to install NVIDIA driver on Ubuntu Server image?

Dumb question, i am aware, but i cannot install the NVIDIA driver on the Ubuntu image I'm getting this error 
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-compute-utils-550_550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 unable to make backup link of './usr/bin/nvidia-cuda-mps-control' before installing new version: Invalid cross-device link
Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-utils-550_550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nvidia-utils-550 (550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-utils-550_550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 unable to make backup link of './usr/bin/nvidia-debugdump' before installing new version: Invalid cross-device link
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-compute-utils-550_550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1_amd64.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-utils-550_550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-compute-utils-550_550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 unable to make backup link of './usr/bin/nvidia-cuda-mps-control' before installing new version: Invalid cross-device link
Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-utils-550_550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nvidia-utils-550 (550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-utils-550_550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 unable to make backup link of './usr/bin/nvidia-debugdump' before installing new version: Invalid cross-device link
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-compute-utils-550_550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1_amd64.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-utils-550_550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Anyone wanna help?
1 Reply
digigoblin
digigoblin•3w ago
What are you trying to do? Just use a docker image that already has Nvidia drivers installed.
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