package nvidia-340 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnvidia-ml.so', which is also in package libnvidia-compute-390:amd64 390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

[William]

I installed nvidia-toolkit before installing nvidia-340. When I tried installing nvidia-340, I got this error. Here are the last few lines from terminal.

Adding 'diversion of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGLESv1_CM.so.1 to /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGLESv1_CM.so.1.distrib by nvidia-340'
Unpacking nvidia-340 (340.107-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-340_340.107-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnvidia-ml.so', which is also in package libnvidia-compute-390:amd64 390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-340_340.107-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: nvidia-340 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-39.42-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 14 20:13:53 2018
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnvidia-ml.so', which is also in package libnvidia-compute-390:amd64 390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-15 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.6, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1
 apt 1.6.6
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
Title: package nvidia-340 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnvidia-ml.so', which is also in package libnvidia-compute-390:amd64 390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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