I have tested this package in bionic-proposed, and all of my test cases
passed.

Tests cases:

Testing NVIDIA drivers install on non-GPU instance does nothing
Testing NVIDIA drivers install on GPU instance
Specifying different versions for NVIDIA drivers install

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1843796

Title:
  ubuntu-drivers install --gpgpu should use a DKMS fallback when no
  linux-modules-nvidia package is available

Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Bionic:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  SRU Request:

  [Impact]

   * Calling "ubuntu-drivers install" does not install the kernel
  modules when passed the "--gpgpu" argument.

  While matching linux-modules-nvidia packages for the running kernel
  should be the default choice, we should fall back to the DKMS package
  when they are not available.

  The cha

  
  [Test Case]

   * Remove any currently installed nvidia drivers:
     sudo apt-get --purge remove '*nvidia*'

   * Call the ubuntu drivers tool:
     sudo ubuntu-drivers install --gpgpu

   * Restart your computer, and run the nvidia-smi package:
     sudo nvidia-smi

   * Check that the output shows the NVIDIA GPU (this is a sign that the
  kernel module was loaded, and is running properly).

  [Regression Potential]

   * Low. Currently, users relying on the --gpgpu parameter have no NVIDIA 
kernel modules, which prevents them from actually using the NVIDIA GPU.
  ________________________
  ubuntu-drivers install --gpgpu should use a DKMS fallback when no 
linux-modules-nvidia package is available.

  Currently, we do not deal with this kind of failure i.e. when no
  linux-modules-nvidia package is available for the kernel in use. If no
  such package can be found, we need to at least attempt installing the
  relevant DKMS package, so that users get the required kernel modules.

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