How To Install libnppisu9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppisu9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libnppisu9.1 is NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppisu9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libnppisu9.1

libnppisu9.1 is:

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

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

There are three methods to install libnppisu9.1 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 libnppisu9.1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnppisu9.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnppisu9.1

Install libnppisu9.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnppisu9.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnppisu9.1

Install libnppisu9.1 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 libnppisu9.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnppisu9.1

How To Uninstall libnppisu9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libnppisu9.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnppisu9.1

Uninstall libnppisu9.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnppisu9.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnppisu9.1

Remove libnppisu9.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libnppisu9.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnppisu9.1

Remove libnppisu9.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnppisu9.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnppisu9.1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppisu9.1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.