nvidia-smi problem

Question

When I run

sudo apt-get install nvidia-smi

I get

The nvidia-smi package is a virtual package provided by:
  nvidia-387 387.34-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.2
  nvidia-384 384.98-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1
You need to explicitly select one to install.

How do I choose one of these two to install?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '17 at 08:18

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You choose one package or the other by supplying the package name to apt-get:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-387

or

sudo apt-get install nvidia-384

See https://askubuntu.com/questions/61396/how-do-i-install-the-nvidia-drivers

answered Dec 18 '17 at 08:18

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You can install both packages (`nvidia-smi` and the Nvidia graphics drivers) with a single command if you add them both to the `apt-get install` command. – David Foerster Dec 18 '17 at 20:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '17 at 09:45

In order to find the recommended driver open the terminal and type:

ubuntu-drivers devices

Wait at least one minute for the command to scan your computer and generate the list of drivers. The output of this command will be a list of the package names and short descriptions of the available drivers. In addition to showing a list of the available drivers, the above command will often also identify the recommended proprietary driver(s) for your system.

nvidia-smi problem

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