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Several times, I have tried installing Nvidia drivers (375) on Ubuntu 16.04.1. I have tried various methods (apt, apt-get, synaptic). I have tried some suggestions on the internet, including uninstalling the Nouveau driver first, installing before logging in, installing in safe mode, etc. But every time, the installation gets stuck at: "Building initial module for 4.4.0-59-generic". I even left the computer on for more than 24 hours, so that this step might hopefully complete, but it didn't. I tried downloading the Nvidia driver installer from the Nvidia website and following the instructions. It gets stuck at a similar step. Any suggestions?

Here is the output from synaptic:

Selecting previously unselected package libc6-i386.

(Reading database ... 276721 files and directories currently installed.)

Preparing to unpack .../libc6-i386_2.23-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...

Unpacking libc6-i386 (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...

Replaced by files in installed package libc6:i386 (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...

Selecting previously unselected package lib32gcc1.

Preparing to unpack .../lib32gcc1_1%3a6.0.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...

Unpacking lib32gcc1 (1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1) ...

Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-375.

Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-375_375.26-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...

Unpacking nvidia-375 (375.26-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1) ...

Selecting previously unselected package libcuda1-375.

Preparing to unpack .../libcuda1-375_375.26-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...

Unpacking libcuda1-375 (375.26-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1) ...

Selecting previously unselected package libjansson4:amd64.

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Selecting previously unselected package libxnvctrl0.

Preparing to unpack .../libxnvctrl0_378.09-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...

Unpacking libxnvctrl0 (378.09-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1) ...

Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-opencl-icd-375.

Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-opencl-icd-375_375.26-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...

Unpacking nvidia-opencl-icd-375 (375.26-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1) ...

Selecting previously unselected package bbswitch-dkms.

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Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-prime.

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Selecting previously unselected package screen-resolution-extra.

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Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-settings.

Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-settings_378.09-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...

Unpacking nvidia-settings (378.09-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1) ...

Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...

Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...

Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...

Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...

Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...

Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...

Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...

Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...

Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...

Setting up libc6-i386 (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...

Setting up lib32gcc1 (1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1) ...

Setting up nvidia-375 (375.26-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1) ...

update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-375/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode

update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-375/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_EGL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_egl_conf) in auto mode

update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-375/alt_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: using /usr/lib/nvidia-375/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_EGL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_egl_conf) in auto mode

update-alternatives: using /usr/share/nvidia-375/glamor.conf to provide /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/glamoregl.conf (glamor_conf) in auto mode

update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

INFO:Enable nvidia-375

DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here

DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad

DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude

Adding system user `nvidia-persistenced' (UID 124) ...

Adding new group `nvidia-persistenced' (GID 133) ...

Adding new user `nvidia-persistenced' (UID 124) with group `nvidia-persistenced' ...

Not creating home directory `/'.

Loading new nvidia-375-375.26 DKMS files...

First Installation: checking all kernels...

Building only for 4.4.0-59-generic

Building for architecture x86_64

Building initial module for 4.4.0-59-generic

I'm sorry, but it seems this has been answered before in another post originating by myself. But I hadn't read the last reply before:

Kernel update gets stuck (Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel 4.4.0-22)

So, it is again Eset nod32 which is at fault. After uninstalling it, restarting Ubuntu, and running "sudo dpkg --configure -a", the installation completed successfully.

BTW, I followed the instructions below to get the driver:

http://www.webupd8.org/2016/06/how-to-install-latest-nvidia-drivers-in.html

I had the same problem. It seems that it's waiting for a password.

I entered my password a couple of time to unlock the installation process.

Source: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1036167/linux/stuck-trying-to-intall-nvidia-390-ubuntu-18-04-lts-/