DKMS error prevents successful configuration

[Adam Porter]

This is using 290.10 from the X-Swat PPA. Even though it actually works fine, and the driver works fine, that exit code 3 prevents "successful" configuration, causing aptitude to try to reconfigure it twice every time aptitude does anything, which takes a long time, because it makes the initramfs twice.
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$ sai nvidia-current
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nvidia-current
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/33.5 MB of archives. After unpacking 99.7 MB will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-current.
(Reading database ... 434121 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nvidia-current (from .../nvidia-current_290.10-0ubuntu1~oneiric~xup1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up nvidia-current (290.10-0ubuntu1~oneiric~xup1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-current/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/lib32/libOpenCL.so because associated file /usr/lib32/nvidia-current/libOpenCL.so (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/lib32/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.1 because associated file /usr/lib32/nvidia-current/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.1 (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/lib32/libvdpau_nvidia.so because associated file /usr/lib32/nvidia-current/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Removing old nvidia-current-290.10 DKMS files...
Loading new nvidia-current-290.10 DKMS files...
Error! DKMS tree already contains: nvidia-current-290.10
You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once.
dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 3
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-14-generic
This kernel does not seem to support TuxOnIce user interface, skipping...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-current
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up nvidia-current (290.10-0ubuntu1~oneiric~xup1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Removing old nvidia-current-290.10 DKMS files...
Loading new nvidia-current-290.10 DKMS files...
Error! DKMS tree already contains: nvidia-current-290.10
You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once.
dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 3
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-14-generic
This kernel does not seem to support TuxOnIce user interface, skipping...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-current

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Matt Jones (workhorsy)]

I'm getting something similar on 11.10 with default repos:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  nvidia-settings
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nvidia-current nvidia-settings
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/32.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 94.9 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-current.
(Reading database ... 218371 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nvidia-current (from .../nvidia-current_280.13-0ubuntu6_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-settings.
Unpacking nvidia-settings (from .../nvidia-settings_280.13-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up nvidia-current (280.13-0ubuntu6) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-current/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: error: unable to install /usr/lib32/libOpenCL.so.dpkg-tmp as /usr/lib32/libOpenCL.so: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up nvidia-settings (280.13-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-current
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)