('node110' is a bash alias for an ssh command logging in as root@node110) $ sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.14.6 BuildVersion: 18G95 $ node110 Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.15.0-64-generic x86_64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com * Management: https://landscape.canonical.com * Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage System information as of Tue Sep 24 15:34:11 EDT 2019 System load: 0.04 Processes: 85 Usage of /: 13.8% of 24.06GB Users logged in: 0 Memory usage: 18% IP address for eth0: x.x.x.x Swap usage: 0% IP address for wg0: x.x.x.x * Canonical Livepatch is available for installation. - Reduce system reboots and improve kernel security. Activate at: https://ubuntu.com/livepatch 0 packages can be updated. 0 updates are security updates. Last login: Tue Sep 24 15:33:32 2019 from 192.168.5.101 root@node110 Sep 24 15:34:12 /root# date Tue Sep 24 15:34:14 EDT 2019 root@node110 Sep 24 15:34:14 /root# --------- earlier attempt at installing nvidia driver ----------- root@node110 Sep 24 19:07:41 /root# apt install nvidia-driver-396 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package nvidia-driver-396 root@node110 Sep 24 19:07:52 /root# date Tue Sep 24 19:08:04 UTC 2019 root@node110 Sep 24 19:08:04 /root# apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wireguard/wireguard/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=LP-PPA-wireguard-wireguard,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=WireGuard,c=main,b=amd64 origin ppa.launchpad.net 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-security,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 origin security.ubuntu.com 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-security,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 origin security.ubuntu.com 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/restricted amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-security,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 origin security.ubuntu.com 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-security,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 origin security.ubuntu.com 100 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-backports,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 origin mirrors.digitalocean.com 100 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/main amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-backports,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 origin mirrors.digitalocean.com 500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-updates,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 origin mirrors.digitalocean.com 500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-updates,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 origin mirrors.digitalocean.com 500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/restricted amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-updates,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 origin mirrors.digitalocean.com 500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-updates,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 origin mirrors.digitalocean.com 500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 origin mirrors.digitalocean.com 500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 origin mirrors.digitalocean.com 500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 origin mirrors.digitalocean.com 500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 origin mirrors.digitalocean.com Pinned packages: root@node110 Sep 24 19:08:07 /root# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic root@node110 Sep 24 19:09:39 /root# root@node110 Sep 24 19:10:34 /root# apt update Get:1 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease [242 kB] Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease Hit:3 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease Hit:4 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wireguard/wireguard/ubuntu bionic InRelease Fetched 242 kB in 1s (312 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 5 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. root@node110 Sep 24 19:12:57 /root# apt install nvidia-driver-396 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package nvidia-driver-396 root@node110 Sep 24 19:13:03 /root# root@node110 Sep 24 19:14:17 /root# apt upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: grub-pc-bin Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following packages will be upgraded: dpkg dpkg-dev gdb gdbserver libdpkg-perl 5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 5174 kB of archives. After this operation, 16.4 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 dpkg amd64 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3 [1136 kB] Get:2 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 dpkg-dev all 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3 [607 kB] Get:3 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libdpkg-perl all 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3 [211 kB] Get:4 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 gdb amd64 8.1-0ubuntu3.1 [2938 kB] Get:5 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 gdbserver amd64 8.1-0ubuntu3.1 [282 kB] Fetched 5174 kB in 0s (24.3 MB/s) [master 0898dc4] saving uncommitted changes in /etc prior to apt run 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (Reading database ... 98189 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../dpkg_1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking dpkg (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3) over (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.2) ... Setting up dpkg (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3) ... (Reading database ... 98189 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../dpkg-dev_1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3_all.deb ... Unpacking dpkg-dev (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3) over (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.2) ... Preparing to unpack .../libdpkg-perl_1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3_all.deb ... Unpacking libdpkg-perl (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3) over (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.2) ... Preparing to unpack .../gdb_8.1-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gdb (8.1-0ubuntu3.1) over (8.1-0ubuntu3) ... Preparing to unpack .../gdbserver_8.1-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gdbserver (8.1-0ubuntu3.1) over (8.1-0ubuntu3) ... Setting up libdpkg-perl (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3) ... Setting up dpkg-dev (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3) ... Setting up gdbserver (8.1-0ubuntu3.1) ... Setting up gdb (8.1-0ubuntu3.1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... root@node110 Sep 24 19:14:37 /root# root@node110 Sep 24 19:14:39 /root# root@node110 Sep 24 19:14:39 /root# root@node110 Sep 24 19:14:39 /root# apt install nvidia-driver-396 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package nvidia-driver-396 root@node110 Sep 24 19:14:45 /root# root@node110 Sep 24 19:14:45 /root# root@node110 Sep 24 19:14:46 /root#