When I’m running sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall on my Ubuntu 20.04, I get this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-driver-515 : Depends: libnvidia-gl-515 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libnvidia-extra-515 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libnvidia-decode-515 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libnvidia-encode-515 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-515 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libnvidia-cfg1-515 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libnvidia-fbc1-515 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libnvidia-compute-515:i386 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2)
Recommends: libnvidia-decode-515:i386 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2)
Recommends: libnvidia-encode-515:i386 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2)
Recommends: libnvidia-fbc1-515:i386 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2)
Recommends: libnvidia-gl-515:i386 (= 515.48.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.2)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
It happens on my Laptop (Dell Inspiron 15 5510, with Ubuntu pre-installed by the manufacturer).
I tried a lot of stuff that others suggested to others around the web and none of it worked.
This is the output of dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia (can’t see 515 on the list although it’s displayed on the “Software & Updates” UI, but not in use):
ii libnvidia-cfg1-470:amd64 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii libnvidia-common-470 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 all Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
rc libnvidia-compute-450:amd64 460.91.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 Transitional package for libnvidia-compute-460
ii libnvidia-compute-470:amd64 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-compute-470:i386 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 i386 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-decode-470:amd64 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii libnvidia-decode-470:i386 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 i386 NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii libnvidia-encode-470:amd64 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii libnvidia-encode-470:i386 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 i386 NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii libnvidia-extra-470:amd64 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii libnvidia-fbc1-470:amd64 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii libnvidia-fbc1-470:i386 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii libnvidia-gl-470:amd64 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii libnvidia-gl-470:i386 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii libnvidia-ifr1-470:amd64 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
ii libnvidia-ifr1-470:i386 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
ii nvidia-compute-utils-470 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities
ii nvidia-dkms-470 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package
ii nvidia-driver-450 460.91.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 Transitional package for nvidia-driver-460
ii nvidia-driver-460 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 Transitional package for nvidia-driver-470
ii nvidia-driver-470 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii nvidia-kernel-common-470 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module
ii nvidia-kernel-source-470 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA kernel source package
ii nvidia-prime 0.8.16~0.20.04.2 all Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii nvidia-settings 470.57.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.3 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii nvidia-utils-470 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii oem-fix-gfx-nvidia-ondemandmode 1.2 all Set the power ondemand mode by default
ii screen-resolution-extra 0.18build1 all Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 470.129.06-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
*BTW, the initial issue that lead me to try upgrading the drivers is that sometimes my laptop isn’t waking up after it’s going to sleep and I have to restart (which is annoying).
-- Any help or idea would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!