Apt-get update failure in Ubuntu 20.04

Graphics / Linux Linux
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Followed instructions here: CUDA Toolkit 11.7 Update 1 Downloads | NVIDIA Developer to install cuda, but get the following error:

…
Err:26 Index of /compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 152.195.19.142 443]
Fetched 2,220 kB in 3s (754 kB/s)
Reading package lists… Done
E: Failed to fetch https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/by-hash/SHA256/751939d95516afc289908a19e447f0acc1506367f72ed356431a2b1a469cc8ca 404 Not Found [IP: 152.195.19.142 443]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I have been trying this since 4 days ago. Keep getting the same error. Is this a problem with the repo?

Thanks.

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Hi,
We get the same problem using ANSIBLE deployment.
Here is the part of the ANSIBLE script, the Add Nvidia CUDA APT Repository task being the one failing like @sjayewar .

- name: Download Nvidia CUDA PIN Priority File
  get_url:
    url: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/cuda-ubuntu2004.pin
    dest: /etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600

- name: Add Nvidia CUDA APT Public Key
  apt_key:
    url: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub
    state: present

- name: Add Nvidia CUDA APT Repository
  apt_repository:
    repo: deb http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/ /
    state: present

- name: Install Nvidia CUDA Driver
  apt:
    name: cuda-drivers
    state: latest
    update_cache: yes

When looking at the Release file on the repo URL, the 751939d9... SHA256 hash is not present in the Package file. That might be the problem.

The odd is I tried with a fresh install Ubuntu 20.04 on a VM, and it didn’t had trouble getting the repo and packages. Maybe the apt configuration is different ?

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+1

Getting a 404 as well, same package hash. Repo is currently unusable.

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Same here, our rendering servers cannot be updated anymore. Anyone here fom Nvidia who can help us out?

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Hello, same issue for me on 20.04 but it works properly for 18.04

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Encountering here as well. Sounds like Nvidia’s apt repo for 20.04 has been broken for a few days?

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Someone opened an issue on Github ansible-role-nvidia-driver
ansible-role-nvidia-driver
but no answer at this time.

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Okay we got a fix for our problem: We HAVE to set the repo URL to HTTPS to work, I don’t really understand, but well, it resolved our problem.

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Looks like someone figured it out too for the ANSIBLE role: Fix repository base url of Ubuntu. by ohsawa0515 · Pull Request #42 · NVIDIA/ansible-role-nvidia-driver · GitHub

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I confirm it solves the issue for me too ! thanks for sharing this information

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I faced same issue, and solved it.

In my case, I solved it by uninstall and reinstall cuda.

commands are following.

uninstall cuda

$ apt purge cuda
$ apt purge nvidia-*
$ apt autoremove

reinstall cuda

by installation page.

$ wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/cuda-ubuntu2004.pin
$ sudo mv cuda-ubuntu2004.pin /etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600
$ sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/3bf863cc.pub
$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/ /"
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get -y install cuda

check

$ sudo apt update # succeed!
$ apt list --upgradable # nothing!