#CUDA 8 – CUDA driver version is insufficient for CUDA runtime version

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Ubuntu 16.04, CUDA 8 – CUDA driver version is insufficient for CUDA runtime version

solved it. Just for the record, the first time I updated the drivers using the GUI (Additional Drivers tab in Software & Updates).

First, check CUDA Toolkit and Compatible Driver Versions from here, and make sure that your cuda toolkit version is compatible with your cuda-driver version， e.g. if your driver version is nvidia-390, your cuda version must lower than CUDA 9.1. Then, back to this issue. This issue is caused by your cuda-driver version doesnt match your cuda version, and your CUDA local version may also different from the CUDA runtime version(cuda version in some specific virtual environments).