nvidia-331 331.89-0ubuntu5: nvidia-331 kernel module failed to build

[hiptrop]

dist-upgrade throws the error. nvidia driver is can not be installed

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: nvidia-331 331.89-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-21.28-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.16.0-22-generic
Date: Sat Oct 11 05:22:55 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-14 (634 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
PackageVersion: 331.89-0ubuntu5
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331
Title: nvidia-331 331.89-0ubuntu5: nvidia-331 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-09-14 (26 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Cavsfan (cavsfan)]

I got this error but I'm also getting an error about nvidia-prime not installing correctly.

The following packages will be upgraded:
  nvidia-prime
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/11.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 280128 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-prime_0.6.7_amd64.deb ...
Failed to issue method call: Unit nvidia-prime.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript nvidia-prime, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 5
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
Failed to issue method call: Unit nvidia-prime.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript nvidia-prime, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-prime_0.6.7_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 5
Failed to issue method call: Unit nvidia-prime.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
invoke-rc.d: initscript nvidia-prime, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-prime_0.6.7_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1268257, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.