CUDA 5.5 on Linux, need help installing

[Mapin]

a.] cbuchner rocks 

b.] After taking 2 full days to get a win 8.1 secure boot system to dual boot with linux I am stuck again setting up CUDAminer on Linux.

What I have done so far:
Install Fedora20
Install Yumex
Install RPM Fusion (free and unfree)
"Install" RPM file for CUDA5.5 64 for Linux Fedora18 from the nvidia page. (does the 64 version work with the 12_18 version or do I need to get the 32bit version?)

And after that part I am stuck: when I try to install CUDA5.5 I get the following ERROR after downloading:

Code:

19:03:59 : ERROR: Fehler in Yum-Transaktion: Test-Transaktionsfehler:   file /usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-xconfig.1.gz conflicts between attempted installs of nvidia-xconfig-319.37-27.fc18.x86_64 and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1:331.20-7.fc20.x86_64
19:03:59 : YUM:   file /usr/bin/nvidia-settings conflicts between attempted installs of nvidia-settings-319.37-30.fc18.x86_64 and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1:331.20-7.fc20.x86_64
19:03:59 : YUM:   file /usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop conflicts between attempted installs of nvidia-settings-319.37-30.fc18.x86_64 and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1:331.20-7.fc20.x86_64
19:03:59 : YUM:   file /usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz conflicts between attempted installs of nvidia-settings-319.37-30.fc18.x86_64 and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1:331.20-7.fc20.x86_64

Any ideas how to fix that?
Do you need any further information from me?
For the sake of improving on linux i d also like a little explanation on that error if possible in what way do those two installations "conflict" ? Am i trying to install both of those... whatevers?

PS:  I am a Linux firsttimer, so try to keep it simple please
PPS: What I posted above is literally all I have done with the system so far, nothing else changed or configured yet...

[juggs]

I am not familiar with how Fedora implements its 3rd party driver installations (such as the proprietary nVidia driver), so I can only give some general advice based on the error messages.

From your errors....

nvidia-settings-319.37-30.fc18.x86_64 and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1:331.20-7.fc20.x86_64

The issue seems to be you are installing a package designed and built for Fedora 18 (with nVidia driver version 319.37) onto a Fedora 20 system (with nVidia driver version 331.20). So various things in the package you are trying to install are already installed and of a more recent version - which may or may not work together nicely, so you are prevented from installing them as things will most likely break in a non-trivial way.

Is the CUDA installer giving you the option ~not~ to replace the already installed nVidia driver?

From their FAQ at: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
Q: Will the installer replace the driver currently installed on my system?
A: The installer will provide an option to install the included driver, and if selected, it will replace the driver currently on your system.

According to that you should be being asked whether or not to install the driver version included with the CUDA package or not - if you get that option, tell it not to replace the driver and it ~should~ just install the CUDA 5.5 SDK without touching the driver.

Hope that helps some.

[juggs]

Oh and as for 32 or 64 bit version of CUDA - go with whatever flavour your Fedora install is. Presumably you downloaded an iso file to make your Fedora install disk - if the name of that iso file inclides the text "i686" then you have a 32 bit install, if it contains the text "x86_64" then you have a 64 bit install.