Apt install cuda-profiler-api-11-4 failed

file does not exist.
I deleted /usr/local/cuda-11.4/ to get rid of everything, and redownload, no help
bottom line, if I can’t run apt upgrade, I cannot install the packages I need.
IMHO this is the same problem described by bbullas, but I am trying to point out the root problem, which is the fact that the file write failure of :

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debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
(Reading database … 159428 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack …/cuda-profiler-api-11-4_11.4.239-1_arm64.deb …
Unpacking cuda-profiler-api-11-4 (11.4.239-1) …
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/cuda-profiler-api-11-4_11.4.239-1_arm64.deb (–unpa
ck):
trying to overwrite ‘/usr/local/cuda-11.4/targets/aarch64-linux/include/cudaProfiler.h’, which is also in
package cuda-nvprof-11-4 11.4.166-1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/cuda-profiler-api-11-4_11.4.239-1_arm64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Yep, this one fixed it for me too: sudo apt --fix-broken install -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite".

I was getting the following error for a $ sudo apt --fix-broken install:

...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cuda-profiler-api-11-4
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/18.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 90.1 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
(Reading database ... 161620 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../cuda-profiler-api-11-4_11.4.239-1_arm64.deb ...
Unpacking cuda-profiler-api-11-4 (11.4.239-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/cuda-profiler-api-11-4_11.4.239-1_arm64.deb (--un
pack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/local/cuda-11.4/targets/aarch64-linux/include/cudaProfiler.h', which is also 
in package cuda-nvprof-11-4 11.4.166-1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/cuda-profiler-api-11-4_11.4.239-1_arm64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Thanks @d.petkovsek !

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Hi, bob3u3p3

It looks like the previous broken package still causes some errors in your environment.

Is reflashing an option for you?
If yes, could you give it a try?

Thanks.

sudo apt --fix-broken install -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"

It works for me.

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Thanks for the helpful fix!

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