How To Install libcuda1-340 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcuda1-340 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libcuda1-340
libcuda1-340 is:
The Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) enables NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) to be used for massively parallel general purpose computation.
This package contains the driver specific runtime library.
Supported NVIDIA devices include GPUs starting from GeForce 8 and Quadro FX series, as well as the Tesla computing processors.
Package: libcuda1-340 Architecture: amd64 Version: 340.108-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: restricted/misc Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 27392 Provides: libcuda-5.0-1, libcuda-5.5-1, libcuda-6.0-1, libcuda-6.5-1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5) Breaks: libcuda-5.0-1, libcuda-5.5-1, libcuda-6.0-1, libcuda-6.5-1 Replaces: libcuda-5.0-1, libcuda-5.5-1, libcuda-6.0-1, libcuda-6.5-1 Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/libcuda1-340_340.108-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 8750720 MD5sum: 3184a4709ab4b716c7a62917ebff022b SHA1: 1c7e23499fc4fad4985cd699701a7aef53b50822 SHA256: 829936f37ff7c3738ea38d1dfdf5abc54c35bf87c977af5b1d6579635d00f63e Description-en: NVIDIA CUDA runtime library The Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) enables NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) to be used for massively parallel general purpose computation.
This package contains the driver specific runtime library.
Supported NVIDIA devices include GPUs starting from GeForce 8 and Quadro FX series, as well as the Tesla computing processors.
There are three methods to install libcuda1-340 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcuda1-340 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcuda1-340 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcuda1-340
Install libcuda1-340 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcuda1-340 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcuda1-340
Install libcuda1-340 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcuda1-340 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcuda1-340
How To Uninstall libcuda1-340 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libcuda1-340 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcuda1-340
Uninstall libcuda1-340 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcuda1-340 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcuda1-340
Remove libcuda1-340 Configurations and Data
To remove libcuda1-340 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcuda1-340
Remove libcuda1-340 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcuda1-340 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcuda1-340
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcuda1-340 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
