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

[Rain Reinoehl]

Installed/uninstalled/installed again a couple of nvidia applications in an attempt to access nvidia-smi and identify performance issues.

Once I was able to monitor and test the graphics card and processors I found the graphics card did not appear to be utilized by Steam games at all.

I attempted to install the proprietary driver through the Software & Updates GUI and experienced a crash when I attempted to restart the computer and install changes.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: nvidia-340 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-43.46-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Dec 21 10:59:45 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 2018-12-20 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.3ubuntu0.1
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)