No more cuda available after installing last nvidia drivers

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Had the same problem on Debian 12, got to revert NViDiA drivers to 550.54.
555 version is not compatible with current pytorch packages as far as i know.

First uninstal :

sudo apt remove nvidia-*
sudo apt autoremove

Edit your /etc/preferences file :
sudo nano /etc/apt/preferences

and add :

Package: *
Pin: release o=NVIDIA,l=NVIDIA CUDA
Pin-Priority: 996

Package: /nvidia/ /cuda/ /nvcuvid/ /nvctrl/
Pin: version 550.54.*
Pin-Priority: 1000

update apt :
sudo apt update

result of apt policy nvidia-driver nvidia-cuda-dev nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-cuda-toolkit-gcc :

nvidia-driver:
  Installé : 550.54.15-1
  Candidat : 550.54.15-1
 Table de version :
     555.42.02-1 996
        996 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64  Packages
 *** 550.54.15-1 1000
        996 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64  Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     550.54.14-1 1000
        996 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64  Packages
     545.23.08-1 996
        996 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64  Packages
     545.23.06-1 996
        996 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64  Packages
     525.147.05-7~deb12u1 995
        995 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates/non-free amd64 Packages
     525.147.05-4~deb12u1 990
        990 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free amd64 Packages
nvidia-cuda-dev:
  Installé : 11.8.89~11.8.0-5~deb12u1
  Candidat : 11.8.89~11.8.0-5~deb12u1
 Table de version :
 *** 11.8.89~11.8.0-5~deb12u1 990
        990 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
nvidia-cuda-toolkit:
  Installé : 11.8.89~11.8.0-5~deb12u1
  Candidat : 11.8.89~11.8.0-5~deb12u1
 Table de version :
 *** 11.8.89~11.8.0-5~deb12u1 990
        990 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
nvidia-cuda-toolkit-gcc:
  Installé : 11.8.0-5~deb12u1
  Candidat : 11.8.0-5~deb12u1
 Table de version :
 *** 11.8.0-5~deb12u1 990
        990 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

install with apt :

sudo apt install nvidia-driver nvidia-cuda-dev nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-cuda-toolkit-gcc

OR
install with aptitude if apt complains about dependencies (don’t be afraid of removing packages like libcuda everything will be set up correctly after)*, say no to the first proposal and select the second :

sudo aptitude install nvidia-driver nvidia-cuda-dev nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-cuda-toolkit-gcc

reboot, profit!

Everything is working fine now, lesson learned “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”

Edit : some typos, added clarifications.

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