How To Install libcusolver10 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcusolver10 on Ubuntu 20.04. libcusolver10 is NVIDIA cuSOLVER Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcusolver10 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libcusolver10

libcusolver10 is:

The cuSOLVER library contains LAPACK-like functions in dense and sparse linear algebra, including linear solver, least-square solver and eigenvalue solver.

This package contains the cuSOLVER runtime library.

There are three methods to install libcusolver10 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 libcusolver10 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcusolver10 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcusolver10

Install libcusolver10 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcusolver10 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcusolver10

Install libcusolver10 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 libcusolver10 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcusolver10

How To Uninstall libcusolver10 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libcusolver10 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcusolver10

Uninstall libcusolver10 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcusolver10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcusolver10

Remove libcusolver10 Configurations and Data

To remove libcusolver10 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcusolver10

Remove libcusolver10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcusolver10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcusolver10

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcusolver10 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.