How do I install DKMS (and others) for my NVidia drivers on Vivid?

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Today I tried install Ubuntu again (I haven't succeeded in weeks!) and I need my NVidia drivers to my GeForce GTX 970.

I followed to simplest guide I could find:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-352 nvidia-settings

The problem comes with the later command, where the output looks something like this:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-352 : Depends: dkms but it's not installable
             Depends: lib32gcc1 but it's not installable
             Depends: libc6-i386 but it's not installed (I have no idea why bc I'm running AMD)
             Recommends: nvidia-prine (>= 0.5) but it's not installable or
                         bumblebee but it's not installed
             Recommends: libcuda1-352 but it's not installed
             Recommends: nvidia-opencl-icd-352 but it's not installed
nvidia-settings : Depends: screen-resolution-extra (>= 0.12) but it's not installable
                  Depends: libjansson4  (>= 2.3) but it's not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

My sources.list looks like this:

deb security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security main 
deb archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu vivid univrse

I've tried sudo apt-get install dkms (no installation candidates). I don't have any graphics drivers at all so I need to everything from (Ctrl + Alt + F1-F6)-terminal.

I'm starting to go mad because everyone I see installing Ubuntu just press enter and done, no worries about graphics.

Something is wrong with your access to Ubuntu repositories. You probably need to change download mirror in System Settings -> Software & Updates. — Pilot6, Aug 07 '15 at 20:27
Are there only 2 lines in your sources.list? Is there really both utopic an vivid? — Pilot6, Aug 07 '15 at 20:36
Correct, is it supposed to be more on a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.04? — OskyEdz, Aug 07 '15 at 20:37
Yes, it is supposed to be much more. Where did you get the installation image from? — Pilot6, Aug 07 '15 at 20:37
From "http://www.ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads" I choose Ubuntu 15.04 Desktop (64-bit) the torrent file. — OskyEdz, Aug 07 '15 at 20:40

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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You need to create some normal sources.list. Run

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

and replace its contents with

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu vivid main multiverse universe restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu vivid-security main multiverse universe restricted

Then run

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-352
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa

and reboot. That should let you boot normally.

And after you boot to GUI, you can use this answer to re-create normal sources.list.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Aug 07 '15 at 20:46

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Thanks mate! I just passed my internet time. So downloading will take all night. (5-7kB/s) – OskyEdz Aug 07 '15 at 21:03

How do I install DKMS (and others) for my NVidia drivers on Vivid?

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