How To Install libnvrtc10.1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvrtc10.1 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnvrtc10.1
libnvrtc10.1 is:
CUDA Runtime Compilation library (nvrtc) provides an API to compile CUDA-C++ device source code at runtime.
The resulting compiled PTX can be launched on a GPU using the CUDA Driver API.
This package contains the NVRTC library.
There are three methods to install libnvrtc10.1 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 libnvrtc10.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvrtc10.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvrtc10.1
Install libnvrtc10.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvrtc10.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvrtc10.1
Install libnvrtc10.1 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 libnvrtc10.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvrtc10.1
How To Uninstall libnvrtc10.1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnvrtc10.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvrtc10.1
Uninstall libnvrtc10.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvrtc10.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvrtc10.1
Remove libnvrtc10.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libnvrtc10.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvrtc10.1
Remove libnvrtc10.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvrtc10.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvrtc10.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvrtc10.1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
