How To Install libcupti9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcupti9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcupti9.1
libcupti9.1 is:
The CUDA Profiler Tools Interface (CUPTI) enables the creation of profiling and tracing tools that target CUDA applications. CUPTI provides a set of APIs targeted at ISVs creating profilers and other performance optimization tools. The CUPTI APIs are not intended to be used by developers in their CUDA applications.
This package contains the runtime library.
There are three methods to install libcupti9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcupti9.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcupti9.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcupti9.1
Install libcupti9.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcupti9.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcupti9.1
Install libcupti9.1 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 libcupti9.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcupti9.1
How To Uninstall libcupti9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcupti9.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcupti9.1
Uninstall libcupti9.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcupti9.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcupti9.1
Remove libcupti9.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libcupti9.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcupti9.1
Remove libcupti9.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcupti9.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcupti9.1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcupti9.1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
