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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 nvidia-current : Depends: nvidia-304 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I have Ubuntu 18.04.

@adarsh, as suggested, I did to the purge, and followed with a variety of reinstalls (eg, sudo apt-get install nvidia-current), but keep coming back to that same issue. I may not be installing properly. I have 18.04, with "EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GAMING 8GB Blower Fan." I am new to linux (ex-windows guy). Can you recommend a specific install sequence to follow the purge? The most recent error is "nvidia-current : Depends: nvidia-304 but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages."

Folks, I could use some help here.

iiyt
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It seems like there is something problem with nvidia drivers.

To solve this I would recommend first to remove the drivers using the command

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

then try to install the drivers from addtional drivers in software and updates. If you still get the error please let me know :)

Adarsh
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    Note for future readers: Apt wildcards like * work in Ubuntu 18.04 and older. They don't work in Ubuntu 20.04 and newer (see https://askubuntu.com/questions/1218814 for the new way) – user535733 Jun 19 '20 at 03:54
  • I did to the purge, and followed with a variety of reinstalls (eg, sudo apt-get install nvidia-current), but keep coming back to that same issue. I may not be installing properly. I have 18.04, with "EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GAMING 8GB Blower Fan." I am new to linux (ex-windows guy). Can you recommend a specific install sequence to follow the purge? The most recent error is nvidia-current : Depends: nvidia-304 but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. – iiyt Jun 19 '20 at 04:55
  • @adarsh please see above reply. Also, i tried "sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall" and i get "ubuntu-drivers: command not found" – iiyt Jun 19 '20 at 05:27