How To Install libnppif9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppif9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libnppif9.1 is NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Filters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppif9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libnppif9.1

libnppif9.1 is:

NVIDIA NPP is a library of functions for performing CUDA accelerated processing.

This package contains the NVIDIA Performance Primitives runtime library for Image Filters, which is a sub-library of nppi.

There are three methods to install libnppif9.1 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 libnppif9.1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnppif9.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnppif9.1

Install libnppif9.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnppif9.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnppif9.1

Install libnppif9.1 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 libnppif9.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnppif9.1

How To Uninstall libnppif9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libnppif9.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnppif9.1

Uninstall libnppif9.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnppif9.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnppif9.1

Remove libnppif9.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libnppif9.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnppif9.1

Remove libnppif9.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnppif9.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnppif9.1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppif9.1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.