How To Install libnppc10 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppc10 on Ubuntu 20.04. libnppc10 is NVIDIA Performance Primitives core runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppc10 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libnppc10

libnppc10 is:

NVIDIA NPP is a library of functions for performing CUDA accelerated processing. The initial set offunctionality in the library focuses on imaging and video processing and is widely applicable for developers in these areas. NPP will evolve over time to encompass more of the compute heavy tasks in a variety of problem domains. The NPP library is written to maximize flexibility, while maintaining high performance.

This package contains the NVIDIA Performance Primitives core runtime library.

There are three methods to install libnppc10 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 libnppc10 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnppc10 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnppc10

Install libnppc10 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnppc10 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnppc10

Install libnppc10 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 libnppc10 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnppc10

How To Uninstall libnppc10 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libnppc10 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnppc10

Uninstall libnppc10 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnppc10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnppc10

Remove libnppc10 Configurations and Data

To remove libnppc10 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnppc10

Remove libnppc10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnppc10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnppc10

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppc10 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.