gdm3 is being pulled in via a "Recommends" chain. Disabling recommends will 
avoid it[*]. 
On my groovy system it reduced new packages installed from 452/291MB of 
archives to 56/165MB of archives. Seems like the right thing to do for at least 
--gpgpu installs - but maybe for all?

[*]
--- /usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers.orig        2020-07-29 15:24:08.000000000 +0000
+++ /usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers     2020-10-06 19:18:53.208559657 +0000
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@
         return
 
     ret = subprocess.call(['apt-get', 'install', '-o',
-        'DPkg::options::=--force-confnew', '-y'] + to_install)
+                           'DPkg::options::=--force-confnew', '-y',
+                           '--no-install-recommends'] + to_install)
 
     oem_meta_to_install = fnmatch.filter(to_install, 'oem-*-meta')

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1898601

Title:
  'ubuntu-drivers --gpgpu install' installs a lot of unnecessary
  packages, including a full desktop environment on Ubuntu Server

Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I install the packaged nVidia drivers using --gpgpu, I expect
  that I am getting compute related GPGPU drivers.  Instead, I find that
  on a fresh Focal installation of Ubuntu Server, I also get a full
  desktop environment.

  This sets us up nicely for this bug:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1862559

  because this pulls in gdm3 and a whole host of unnecessary desktop
  packages but does nothing to mitigate the gdm3 propensity to
  autosuspend, which makes the server become unresponsive when there is
  no user activity (even when it's running workloads on the GPGPU, the
  server can still autosuspend).

  Additionally, this adds a software stack that causes unnecessary CPU
  and memory usage on a machine that is meant to run headless and devote
  all resources to handling GPGPU compute activities.

  This is gpgpu mode                                                            
                                                      
  Reading package lists... Done                                                 
                              
  Building dependency tree                                                      
                                           
  Reading state information... Done                                             
                                  
  The following additional packages will be installed:                          
                                    
    apg aptdaemon aptdaemon-data aspell aspell-en avahi-daemon avahi-utils 
bluez bubblewrap colord colord-data cracklib-runtime cups-pk-helper dbus-x11 
dconf-cli desktop-file-utils dictionaries-common docbook-xml emacsen-common 
enchant-2
    evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common fprintd gcr gdm3 
geoclue-2.0 gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 gir1.2-atspi-2.0 gir1.2-gck-1 
gir1.2-gcr-3 gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 gir1.2-gdm-1.0 gir1.2-geoclue-2.0 
gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0
    gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 gir1.2-graphene-1.0 gir1.2-gweather-3.0 
gir1.2-ibus-1.0 gir1.2-mutter-6 gir1.2-nm-1.0 gir1.2-nma-1.0 gir1.2-notify-0.7 
gir1.2-polkit-1.0 gir1.2-rsvg-2.0 gir1.2-secret-1 gir1.2-soup-2.4 
gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0
    gir1.2-vte-2.91 gjs gkbd-capplet gnome-control-center 
gnome-control-center-data gnome-control-center-faces gnome-desktop3-data 
gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-pkcs11 gnome-menus gnome-online-accounts 
gnome-session-bin gnome-session-common
    gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-common gnome-shell 
gnome-shell-common gnome-startup-applications gnome-user-docs 
gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0 hunspell-en-us ibus ibus-data ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3 
iio-sensor-proxy im-config ippusbxd
    language-selector-gnome libappindicator3-1 libasound2-plugins libaspell15 
libavahi-core7 libavahi-glib1 libcamel-1.2-62 libcanberra-gtk3-0 
libcanberra-gtk3-module libcanberra-pulse libcheese-gtk25 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 
libcolord-gtk1
    libcolorhug2 libcrack2 libdaemon0 libdbusmenu-glib4 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 
libebackend-1.2-10 libebook-1.2-20 libebook-contacts-1.2-3 libecal-2.0-1 
libedata-book-1.2-26 libedata-cal-2.0-1 libedataserver-1.2-24 
libedataserverui-1.2-2
    libenchant-2-2 libexif12 libfontenc1 libfprint-2-2 libgail-common libgail18 
libgck-1-0 libgcr-base-3-1 libgcr-ui-3-1 libgd3 libgdata-common libgdata22 
libgdm1 libgee-0.8-2 libgeoclue-2-0 libgeocode-glib0 libgjs0g libgles2
    libgnome-autoar-0-0 libgnome-bluetooth13 libgnome-desktop-3-19 
libgnomekbd-common libgnomekbd8 libgoa-1.0-0b libgoa-1.0-common 
libgoa-backend-1.0-1 libgphoto2-6 libgphoto2-l10n libgphoto2-port12 libgsound0 
libgssdp-1.2-0 libgtk2.0-0
    libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libgtop-2.0-11 libgtop2-common 
libgupnp-1.2-0 libgupnp-av-1.0-2 libgupnp-dlna-2.0-3 libgweather-3-16 
libgweather-common libharfbuzz-icu0 libhunspell-1.7-0 libhyphen0 libibus-1.0-5 
libical3 libice6
    libieee1284-3 libimobiledevice6 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libldb2 
libmediaart-2.0-0 libmozjs-68-0 libmutter-6-0 libnma0 libnotify4 libnss-mdns 
libnvidia-cfg1-435 libnvidia-common-435 libnvidia-compute-435 
libnvidia-decode-435
    libnvidia-encode-435 libnvidia-fbc1-435 libnvidia-gl-435 libnvidia-ifr1-435 
libopenjp2-7 libpam-fprintd libpam-gnome-keyring libphonenumber7 libplist3 
libprotobuf17 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulsedsp libpwquality-common 
libpwquality1
    librygel-core-2.6-2 librygel-db-2.6-2 librygel-renderer-2.6-2 
librygel-server-2.6-2 libsane libsane-common libsbc1 libsecret-1-0 
libsecret-common libsm6 libsmbclient libsnapd-glib1 libsoxr0 libspeexdsp1 
libstartup-notification0 libtalloc2
    libtevent0 libupower-glib3 libusbmuxd6 libvdpau1 libwbclient0 
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 libwebrtc-audio-processing1 libwhoopsie-preferences0 
libwhoopsie0 libwoff1 libxatracker2 libxaw7 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0 
libxcb-keysyms1
    libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-res0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-util1 libxcb-xkb1 
libxcb-xv0 libxfont2 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxkbfile1 libxklavier16 libxmu6 
libxpm4 libxss1 libxt6 libxvmc1 libyelp0 
linux-modules-nvidia-435-5.4.0-48-generic
    mesa-vdpau-drivers mobile-broadband-provider-info mousetweaks mutter 
mutter-common network-manager-gnome nvidia-compute-utils-435 
nvidia-kernel-common-435 nvidia-kernel-source-435 nvidia-prime nvidia-settings 
nvidia-utils-435 p11-kit
    p11-kit-modules pinentry-gnome3 pkg-config pulseaudio 
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio-utils python3-aptdaemon 
python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python3-cairo python3-cups python3-cupshelpers 
python3-defer python3-ibus-1.0
    python3-macaroonbakery python3-protobuf python3-rfc3339 python3-talloc 
python3-tz rtkit rygel samba-libs sane-utils screen-resolution-extra 
session-migration sgml-base sgml-data switcheroo-control system-config-printer
    system-config-printer-common system-config-printer-udev ubuntu-docs 
ubuntu-session ubuntu-wallpapers ubuntu-wallpapers-focal unzip update-inetd 
upower usbmuxd vdpau-driver-all wamerican whoopsie-preferences x11-xkb-utils 
x11-xserver-utils
    xdg-dbus-proxy xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xml-core 
xserver-common xserver-xephyr xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core 
xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-input-wacom 
xserver-xorg-legacy
    xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-video-ati 
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-radeon
    xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware xwayland 
yaru-theme-gnome-shell yelp yelp-xsl zenity zenity-common
  Suggested packages:
    aspell-doc spellutils avahi-autoipd colord-sensor-argyll docbook 
docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl docbook-defguide evolution gnome-orca gnome-software 
| gnome-packagekit gnome-user-share realmd libcanberra-gtk-module usbguard 
chrome-gnome-shell
    gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 gnome-themes-standard-data gnome-backgrounds 
gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 hunspell openoffice.org-hunspell | 
openoffice.org-core ibus-clutter ibus-doc indicator-application 
libenchant-2-voikko libgd-tools gphoto2
    gvfs libusbmuxd-tools avahi-autoipd | zeroconf hplip gstreamer1.0-libav 
network-manager-openconnect-gnome network-manager-openvpn-gnome 
network-manager-vpnc-gnome network-manager-pptp-gnome pinentry-doc pavumeter 
pavucontrol paman paprefs
    ubuntu-sounds gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly rygel-playbin rygel-preferences 
rygel-ruih rygel-tracker tumbler unpaper sgml-base-doc perlsgml w3-recs opensp 
libxml2-utils gnome-software python3-smbc ubuntu-wallpapers-karmic
    ubuntu-wallpapers-lucid ubuntu-wallpapers-maverick ubuntu-wallpapers-natty 
ubuntu-wallpapers-oneiric ubuntu-wallpapers-precise ubuntu-wallpapers-quantal 
ubuntu-wallpapers-raring ubuntu-wallpapers-saucy ubuntu-wallpapers-trusty
    ubuntu-wallpapers-utopic ubuntu-wallpapers-vivid ubuntu-wallpapers-wily 
ubuntu-wallpapers-xenial ubuntu-wallpapers-yakkety ubuntu-wallpapers-zesty 
ubuntu-wallpapers-artful ubuntu-wallpapers-bionic ubuntu-wallpapers-cosmic
    ubuntu-wallpapers-disco ubuntu-wallpapers-eoan zip libvdpau-va-gl1 
nvidia-vdpau-driver nvidia-legacy-340xx-vdpau-driver 
nvidia-legacy-304xx-vdpau-driver nickle cairo-5c xorg-docs-core debhelper 
xfonts-100dpi | xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable
    xinput firmware-amd-graphics xserver-xorg-video-r128 
xserver-xorg-video-mach64 firmware-misc-nonfree
  Recommended packages:
    libnvidia-compute-435:i386 libnvidia-decode-435:i386 
libnvidia-encode-435:i386 libnvidia-ifr1-435:i386 libnvidia-fbc1-435:i386 
libnvidia-gl-435:i386
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    apg aptdaemon aptdaemon-data aspell aspell-en avahi-daemon avahi-utils 
bluez bubblewrap colord colord-data cracklib-runtime cups-pk-helper dbus-x11 
dconf-cli desktop-file-utils dictionaries-common docbook-xml emacsen-common 
enchant-2
    evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common fprintd gcr gdm3 
geoclue-2.0 gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 gir1.2-atspi-2.0 gir1.2-gck-1 
gir1.2-gcr-3 gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 gir1.2-gdm-1.0 gir1.2-geoclue-2.0 
gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0
    gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 gir1.2-graphene-1.0 gir1.2-gweather-3.0 
gir1.2-ibus-1.0 gir1.2-mutter-6 gir1.2-nm-1.0 gir1.2-nma-1.0 gir1.2-notify-0.7 
gir1.2-polkit-1.0 gir1.2-rsvg-2.0 gir1.2-secret-1 gir1.2-soup-2.4 
gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0
    gir1.2-vte-2.91 gjs gkbd-capplet gnome-control-center 
gnome-control-center-data gnome-control-center-faces gnome-desktop3-data 
gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-pkcs11 gnome-menus gnome-online-accounts 
gnome-session-bin gnome-session-common
    gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-common gnome-shell 
gnome-shell-common gnome-startup-applications gnome-user-docs 
gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0 hunspell-en-us ibus ibus-data ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3 
iio-sensor-proxy im-config ippusbxd
    language-selector-gnome libappindicator3-1 libasound2-plugins libaspell15 
libavahi-core7 libavahi-glib1 libcamel-1.2-62 libcanberra-gtk3-0 
libcanberra-gtk3-module libcanberra-pulse libcheese-gtk25 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 
libcolord-gtk1
    libcolorhug2 libcrack2 libdaemon0 libdbusmenu-glib4 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 
libebackend-1.2-10 libebook-1.2-20 libebook-contacts-1.2-3 libecal-2.0-1 
libedata-book-1.2-26 libedata-cal-2.0-1 libedataserver-1.2-24 
libedataserverui-1.2-2
    libenchant-2-2 libexif12 libfontenc1 libfprint-2-2 libgail-common libgail18 
libgck-1-0 libgcr-base-3-1 libgcr-ui-3-1 libgd3 libgdata-common libgdata22 
libgdm1 libgee-0.8-2 libgeoclue-2-0 libgeocode-glib0 libgjs0g libgles2
    libgnome-autoar-0-0 libgnome-bluetooth13 libgnome-desktop-3-19 
libgnomekbd-common libgnomekbd8 libgoa-1.0-0b libgoa-1.0-common 
libgoa-backend-1.0-1 libgphoto2-6 libgphoto2-l10n libgphoto2-port12 libgsound0 
libgssdp-1.2-0 libgtk2.0-0
    libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libgtop-2.0-11 libgtop2-common 
libgupnp-1.2-0 libgupnp-av-1.0-2 libgupnp-dlna-2.0-3 libgweather-3-16 
libgweather-common libharfbuzz-icu0 libhunspell-1.7-0 libhyphen0 libibus-1.0-5 
libical3 libice6
    libieee1284-3 libimobiledevice6 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libldb2 
libmediaart-2.0-0 libmozjs-68-0 libmutter-6-0 libnma0 libnotify4 libnss-mdns 
libnvidia-cfg1-435 libnvidia-common-435 libnvidia-compute-435 
libnvidia-decode-435
    libnvidia-encode-435 libnvidia-fbc1-435 libnvidia-gl-435 libnvidia-ifr1-435 
libopenjp2-7 libpam-fprintd libpam-gnome-keyring libphonenumber7 libplist3 
libprotobuf17 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulsedsp libpwquality-common 
libpwquality1
    librygel-core-2.6-2 librygel-db-2.6-2 librygel-renderer-2.6-2 
librygel-server-2.6-2 libsane libsane-common libsbc1 libsecret-1-0 
libsecret-common libsm6 libsmbclient libsnapd-glib1 libsoxr0 libspeexdsp1 
libstartup-notification0 libtalloc2
    libtevent0 libupower-glib3 libusbmuxd6 libvdpau1 libwbclient0 
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 libwebrtc-audio-processing1 libwhoopsie-preferences0 
libwhoopsie0 libwoff1 libxatracker2 libxaw7 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0 
libxcb-keysyms1
    libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-res0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-util1 libxcb-xkb1 
libxcb-xv0 libxfont2 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxkbfile1 libxklavier16 libxmu6 
libxpm4 libxss1 libxt6 libxvmc1 libyelp0 
linux-modules-nvidia-435-5.4.0-48-generic
    linux-modules-nvidia-435-generic-hwe-20.04 mesa-vdpau-drivers 
mobile-broadband-provider-info mousetweaks mutter mutter-common 
network-manager-gnome nvidia-compute-utils-435 nvidia-driver-435 
nvidia-kernel-common-435 nvidia-kernel-source-435
    nvidia-prime nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-435 p11-kit p11-kit-modules 
pinentry-gnome3 pkg-config pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 
pulseaudio-utils python3-aptdaemon python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python3-cairo 
python3-cups
    python3-cupshelpers python3-defer python3-ibus-1.0 python3-macaroonbakery 
python3-protobuf python3-rfc3339 python3-talloc python3-tz rtkit rygel 
samba-libs sane-utils screen-resolution-extra session-migration sgml-base 
sgml-data
    switcheroo-control system-config-printer system-config-printer-common 
system-config-printer-udev ubuntu-docs ubuntu-session ubuntu-wallpapers 
ubuntu-wallpapers-focal unzip update-inetd upower usbmuxd vdpau-driver-all 
wamerican
    whoopsie-preferences x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils xdg-dbus-proxy 
xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xml-core xserver-common 
xserver-xephyr xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all 
xserver-xorg-input-libinput
    xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-legacy xserver-xorg-video-all 
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 
xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435
    xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-vesa 
xserver-xorg-video-vmware xwayland yaru-theme-gnome-shell yelp yelp-xsl zenity 
zenity-common

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