installing nvidia driver 435 currently breaks packages :
t@tsu:~$ sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libnvidia-gl-435 libnvidia-gl-435:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libnvidia-gl-435 libnvidia-gl-435:i386
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/80,3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 290 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 179931 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_i386.deb ...
diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340
dpkg-divert: error: mismatch on package
when removing 'diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 by libnvidia-gl-435'
found 'diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340'
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_i386.deb (--unpack):
new libnvidia-gl-435:i386 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
Preparing to unpack .../libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_amd64.deb ...
diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340
dpkg-divert: error: mismatch on package
when removing 'diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 by libnvidia-gl-435'
found 'diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340'
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_amd64.deb (--unpack):
new libnvidia-gl-435:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
t@tsu:~$ sudo apt update --fix-missing
Hit:1 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu disco InRelease
Hit:3 http://repo.steampowered.com/steam precise InRelease
Hit:4 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-backports InRelease
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-security InRelease [97,5 kB]
Ign:7 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu disco InRelease
Hit:9 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu disco InRelease
Fetched 97,5 kB in 1s (69,6 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
t@tsu:~$ sudo apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libnvidia-gl-435 libnvidia-gl-435:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libnvidia-gl-435 libnvidia-gl-435:i386
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/80,3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 290 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 179931 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_i386.deb ...
diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340
dpkg-divert: error: mismatch on package
when removing 'diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 by libnvidia-gl-435'
found 'diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340'
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_i386.deb (--unpack):
new libnvidia-gl-435:i386 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
Preparing to unpack .../libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_amd64.deb ...
diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340
dpkg-divert: error: mismatch on package
when removing 'diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 by libnvidia-gl-435'
found 'diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340'
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_amd64.deb (--unpack):
new libnvidia-gl-435:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
t@tsu:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnvidia-ifr1-435:amd64:
libnvidia-ifr1-435:amd64 depends on libnvidia-gl-435; however:
Package libnvidia-gl-435:amd64 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package libnvidia-ifr1-435:amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnvidia-ifr1-435:i386:
libnvidia-ifr1-435:i386 depends on libnvidia-gl-435; however:
Package libnvidia-gl-435:i386 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package libnvidia-ifr1-435:i386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-driver-435:
nvidia-driver-435 depends on libnvidia-gl-435 (= 435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0); however:
Package libnvidia-gl-435:amd64 is not installed.
nvidia-driver-435 depends on libnvidia-ifr1-435 (= 435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0); however:
Package libnvidia-ifr1-435:amd64 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-driver-435 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.29-0ubuntu2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
libnvidia-ifr1-435:amd64
libnvidia-ifr1-435:i386
nvidia-driver-435
t@tsu:~$ sudo dpkg -l | grep ^..r
t@tsu:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove --reinstreq
dpkg: error: unknown force/refuse option 'remove'
Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' !
t@tsu:~$ sudo apt clean
t@tsu:~$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu disco InRelease
Hit:2 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco InRelease
Hit:3 http://repo.steampowered.com/steam precise InRelease
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-security InRelease [97,5 kB]
Hit:5 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-backports InRelease
Hit:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu disco InRelease
Ign:8 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:9 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu disco InRelease
Fetched 97,5 kB in 1s (68,2 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
t@tsu:~$ sudo apt autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libnvidia-ifr1-435 : Depends: libnvidia-gl-435 but it is not installed
libnvidia-ifr1-435:i386 : Depends: libnvidia-gl-435:i386 but it is not installed
nvidia-driver-435 : Depends: libnvidia-gl-435 (= 435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0) but it is not installed
Recommends: libnvidia-gl-435:i386 (= 435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0)
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
t@tsu:~$ sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libnvidia-gl-435 libnvidia-gl-435:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libnvidia-gl-435 libnvidia-gl-435:i386
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 80,3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 290 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu disco/main i386 libnvidia-gl-435 i386 435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0 [17,3 MB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu disco/main amd64 libnvidia-gl-435 amd64 435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0 [63,0 MB]
Fetched 80,3 MB in 14s (5 561 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 179931 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_i386.deb ...
diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340
dpkg-divert: error: mismatch on package
when removing 'diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 by libnvidia-gl-435'
found 'diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340'
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_i386.deb (--unpack):
new libnvidia-gl-435:i386 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
Preparing to unpack .../libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_amd64.deb ...
diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340
dpkg-divert: error: mismatch on package
when removing 'diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 by libnvidia-gl-435'
found 'diversion of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340'
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_amd64.deb (--unpack):
new libnvidia-gl-435:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libnvidia-gl-435_435.21-0ubuntu0~19.04.1~gpu0_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I fixed it uninstalling nvidia drivers using:
sudo apt purge *nvidia*sudo apt autoremove *nvidia*I had the same issue and I read that the problem is caused for old packages or dependencies of another nvidia driver previously installed. Once you run the above commands you can do the installation again.