Error while installing nvidia driver 455.32.00 for cuda 11.1. Package nvidia-dkms-455 not configured

Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
7 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up nvidia-dkms-455 (455.32.00-0ubuntu1) …
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

A modprobe blacklist file has been created at /etc/modprobe.d to prevent Nouveau
from loading. This can be reverted by deleting the following file:
/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf

A new initrd image has also been created. To revert, please regenerate your
initrd by running the following command after deleting the modprobe.d file:
/usr/sbin/initramfs -u


*** Reboot your computer and verify that the NVIDIA graphics driver can ***
*** be loaded. ***


INFO:Enable nvidia
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
Removing old nvidia-455.32.00 DKMS files…


Deleting module version: 455.32.00
completely from the DKMS tree.

Done.
Loading new nvidia-455.32.00 DKMS files…
Building for 5.11.0-25-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 5.11.0-25-generic
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: ‘/var/crash/nvidia-kernel-source-455.0.crash’
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.11.0-25-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/455.32.00/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-dkms-455 (–configure):
installed nvidia-dkms-455 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cuda-drivers-455:
cuda-drivers-455 depends on nvidia-dkms-455 (>= 455.32.00); however:
Package nvidia-dkms-455 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package cuda-drivers-455 (–configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cuda-drivers:
cuda-drivers depends on cuda-drivers-455 (= 455.32.00-1); however:
Package cuda-drivers-455 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package cuda-drivers (–configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure
.
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
No apport report written
because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-driver-455:
nvidia-driver-455 depends on nvidia-dkms-455 (= 455.32.00-0ubuntu1); however:
Package nvidia-dkms-455 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package nvidia-driver-455 (–configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cuda-runtime-11-1:
cuda-runtime-11-1 depends on cuda-drivers (>= 455.32.00); however:
Package cuda-drivers is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package cuda-runtime-11-1 (–configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cuda-demo-suite-11-1:
cuda-demo-suite-11-1 depends on cuda-runtime-11-1; however:
Package cuda-runtime-11-1 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package cuda-demo-suite-11-1 (–configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cuda-11-1:
cuda-11-1 depends on cuda-runtime-11-1 (>= 11.1.1); however:
Package cuda-runtime-11-1 is not configured yet.
cuda-11-1 depends on cuda-demo-suite-11-1 (>= 11.1.74); however:
Package cuda-demo-suite-11-1 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package cuda-11-1 (–configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.6) …
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.11.0-25-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-dkms-455
cuda-drivers-455
cuda-drivers
nvidia-driver-455
cuda-runtime-11-1
cuda-demo-suite-11-1
cuda-11-1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I am attaching the nvidia-bug-report.log (1.0 MB)

Also the /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/455.32.00/build/make.log (51.8 KB)

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Hi @jayanth
This forum branch is dedicated to CUDA GDB support. You question might be more suitable for: CUDA Setup and Installation - NVIDIA Developer Forums