Displaylink installation error on Ubuntu 20.04

[nando.vk]

Guys, I found a beautiful solution that worked very well for me

1. Download evdi-dkms from here
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/evdi
- I downloaded : evdi-dkms (1.9.0+dfsg-1)
2 Install it with Gdedi on your Ubuntu
3. Install the DisplayLink driver
- https://www.synaptics.com/products/d...wnloads/ubuntu
- I downloaded the next version:
DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Ubuntu Ubuntu 20.04
Release: 5.4.1 | Sep 6, 2021
4. Install it from the terminal as usual

Be happy !!!!

[ldm21]

Originally Posted by nando.vk

Guys, I found a beautiful solution that worked very well for me

1. Download evdi-dkms from here
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/evdi
- I downloaded : evdi-dkms (1.9.0+dfsg-1)
2 Install it with Gdedi on your Ubuntu
3. Install the DisplayLink driver
- https://www.synaptics.com/products/d...wnloads/ubuntu
- I downloaded the next version:
DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Ubuntu Ubuntu 20.04
Release: 5.4.1 | Sep 6, 2021
4. Install it from the terminal as usual

Be happy !!!!

I was following this very useful guide and it worked by simply installing the latest version of the package from step 1. through the terminal:
sudo apt install evdi-dkms
and then using Gdebi to install the .deb file. Computer booted automatically and everything worked afterwards.
Just in case this also helps someone else

[davifalmeida]

Originally Posted by ldm21

I was following this very useful guide and it worked by simply installing the latest version of the package from step 1. through the terminal:
sudo apt install evdi-dkms
and then using Gdebi to install the .deb file. Computer booted automatically and everything worked afterwards.
Just in case this also helps someone else

I just wanted to say that I signed up just to say that I had been doing several solutions for days and that was the only one that worked for me. Thank you very much

[udippel]

Don't. Or at least be careful.
Here the sudo apt install evdi-dkms did the install job and completely froze the machine.

[iggy12345]

I looked into the preinst script of the evdi package and found it was simply checking if

/opt/displaylink/evdi.tar.gz

existed, and that was causing an eror stating

Error: Another EVDI distribution detected

deleting the file allowed installation of the new version to proceed.

[GoSaneFr]

Originally Posted by iggy12345

I looked into the preinst script of the evdi package and found it was simply checking if

/opt/displaylink/evdi.tar.gz

existed, and that was causing an eror stating

Error: Another EVDI distribution detected

deleting the file allowed installation of the new version to proceed.

Thank you, this is the real and clean solution.

[mostrodev]

Originally Posted by GoSaneFr

Thank you, this is the real and clean solution.

Thank you so much! This immediately worked for me in Ubuntu 22.04