# Package System is broken **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Help\ **Created:** [August 20, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://deeptalk.lambda.ai/t/package-system-is-broken/2543 "2021-08-20T00:24:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gabe78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@gabe78](https://deeptalk.lambda.ai/u/gabe78)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://deeptalk.lambda.ai/t/package-system-is-broken/2543/1 "2021-08-20T00:24:36Z")
Hi all, I will appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction to fix the following issue: My package system is broken and the recommended fix does not work… **$ sudo apt --fix-broken install** The following additional packages will be installed: libnvidia-compute-460 libnvidia-compute-470 libnvidia-compute-470:i386 libnvidia-decode-460:i386 libnvidia-decode-470 libnvidia-decode-470:i386 The following NEW packages will be installed: libnvidia-compute-470 libnvidia-compute-470:i386 libnvidia-decode-470 libnvidia-decode-470:i386 The following packages will be upgraded: libnvidia-compute-460 libnvidia-decode-460:i386 2 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 374 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 59.7 MB of archives. After this operation, 158 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y … … Fetched 59.7 MB in 4s (13.9 MB/s) (Reading database … 258692 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack …/0-libnvidia-decode-460\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_i386.deb … Unpacking libnvidia-decode-460:i386 (470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3) over (460.56-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) … dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/0-libnvidia-decode-460\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_i386.deb (–unpack): trying to overwrite shared ‘/usr/share/doc/libnvidia-decode-460/changelog.Debian.gz’, which is different from other instances of package libnvidia-decode-460:i386 Preparing to unpack …/1-libnvidia-compute-460\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_amd64.deb … Unpacking libnvidia-compute-460:amd64 (470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3) over (460.56-0lambda0~20.04.1) … dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/1-libnvidia-compute-460\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_amd64.deb (–unpack): trying to overwrite shared ‘/usr/share/doc/libnvidia-compute-460/changelog.Debian.gz’, which is different from other instances of package libnvidia-compute-460:amd64 dpkg: regarding …/2-libnvidia-compute-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_amd64.deb containing libnvidia-compute-470:amd64: libnvidia-compute-470 conflicts with libcuda-10.0-1 libnvidia-compute-460:amd64 provides libcuda-10.0-1 and is present and installed. dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/2-libnvidia-compute-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_amd64.deb (–unpack): conflicting packages - not installing libnvidia-compute-470:amd64 dpkg: regarding …/3-libnvidia-decode-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_amd64.deb containing libnvidia-decode-470:amd64: libnvidia-decode-470 conflicts with libnvidia-decode libnvidia-decode-460:i386 provides libnvidia-decode and is present and unpacked but not configured. dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/3-libnvidia-decode-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_amd64.deb (–unpack): conflicting packages - not installing libnvidia-decode-470:amd64 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: regarding …/4-libnvidia-compute-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_i386.deb containing libnvidia-compute-470:i386: libnvidia-compute-470:i386 conflicts with libcuda-10.0-1 libnvidia-compute-460:amd64 provides libcuda-10.0-1 and is present and installed. dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/4-libnvidia-compute-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_i386.deb (–unpack): conflicting packages - not installing libnvidia-compute-470:i386 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: regarding …/5-libnvidia-decode-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_i386.deb containing libnvidia-decode-470:i386: libnvidia-decode-470:i386 conflicts with libnvidia-decode libnvidia-decode-460:i386 provides libnvidia-decode and is present and unpacked but not configured. dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/5-libnvidia-decode-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_i386.deb (–unpack): conflicting packages - not installing libnvidia-decode-470:i386 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Errors were encountered while processing: /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/0-libnvidia-decode-460\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_i386.deb /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/1-libnvidia-compute-460\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_amd64.deb /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/2-libnvidia-compute-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_amd64.deb /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/3-libnvidia-decode-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_amd64.deb /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/4-libnvidia-compute-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_i386.deb /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Jvv2gZ/5-libnvidia-decode-470\_470.63.01-0lambda0~20.04.3\_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Linux 5.4.0-72-generic #80-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 12 17:35:00 UTC 2021 x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux Thanks in advance!!! Gabe