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I try to install CUDA driver (more particularly GPU version of the Tensorflow) following this instructions. I haven't completed the Nvidia Driver installation, as I run into the following error, however nvidia-smi shows the corresponding GPU metrics, so I assume that the Nvidia driver is installed.

Now when I try to install the CUDA driver it fails with the following message:

Unable to install the display driver, root access is needed. Skipping any remaining installation actions.

The commands I enter are as per instructions:

sudo chmod +x cuda_7.5.18_linux.run
./cuda_7.5.18_linux.run --driver --silent

I've also tried a more up-to-date version of the CUDA driver, cuda_8.0.61_375.26_linux.run, but that doesn't seem to help, as the same error comes up.

Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?

Massyanya
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The error message indicates that root access is needed therefore the installer must be run with sudo:

chmod +x cuda_7.5.18_linux.run
sudo ./cuda_7.5.18_linux.run --driver --silent