# Driver 515 installs the wrong version

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/driver-515-installs-the-wrong-version/244067>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Tags:** driver\
**Created:** [February 25, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/driver-515-installs-the-wrong-version/244067 "2023-02-25T13:02:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ryugood0](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@ryugood0](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/ryugood0)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/driver-515-installs-the-wrong-version/244067/1 "2023-02-25T13:02:20Z")

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When I do

> sudo apt install nvidia-driver-515  
> it installs 525 instead

Reading package lists… Done  
Building dependency tree… Done  
Reading state information… Done  
The following additional packages will be installed:  
libnvidia-cfg1-525 libnvidia-common-525 libnvidia-compute-525  
libnvidia-compute-525:i386 libnvidia-decode-525 libnvidia-decode-525:i386  
libnvidia-egl-wayland1 libnvidia-encode-525 libnvidia-encode-525:i386  
libnvidia-extra-525 libnvidia-fbc1-525 libnvidia-fbc1-525:i386  
libnvidia-gl-525 libnvidia-gl-525:i386 nvidia-compute-utils-525  
nvidia-dkms-525 nvidia-driver-525 nvidia-kernel-common-525  
nvidia-kernel-source-525 nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-525  
screen-resolution-extra xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-525  
The following packages will be REMOVED:  
libnvidia-compute-470 libnvidia-compute-470:i386  
The following NEW packages will be installed:  
libnvidia-cfg1-525 libnvidia-common-525 libnvidia-compute-525  
libnvidia-compute-525:i386 libnvidia-decode-525 libnvidia-decode-525:i386  
libnvidia-egl-wayland1 libnvidia-encode-525 libnvidia-encode-525:i386  
libnvidia-extra-525 libnvidia-fbc1-525 libnvidia-fbc1-525:i386  
libnvidia-gl-525 libnvidia-gl-525:i386 nvidia-compute-utils-525  
nvidia-dkms-515 nvidia-dkms-525 nvidia-driver-515 nvidia-driver-525  
nvidia-kernel-common-525 nvidia-kernel-source-525 nvidia-settings  
nvidia-utils-525 screen-resolution-extra xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-525

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**Author:** ![generix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/generix/32/16024_2.png) [@generix](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/generix)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/driver-515-installs-the-wrong-version/244067/2 "2023-02-26T15:13:21Z")

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That’s normal, depending on driver repo used, the 515 driver packages just being transitional packages to install the 525 driver.