How To Install libnvrtc11.2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libnvrtc11.2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libnvrtc11.2 is CUDA Runtime Compilation (NVIDIA NVRTC Library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvrtc11.2 on Debian 12.

What is libnvrtc11.2

libnvrtc11.2 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 libnvrtc11.2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libnvrtc11.2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvrtc11.2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnvrtc11.2

Install libnvrtc11.2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvrtc11.2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnvrtc11.2

Install libnvrtc11.2 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvrtc11.2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnvrtc11.2

How To Uninstall libnvrtc11.2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libnvrtc11.2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnvrtc11.2

Uninstall libnvrtc11.2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnvrtc11.2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvrtc11.2

Remove libnvrtc11.2 Configurations and Data

To remove libnvrtc11.2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnvrtc11.2

Remove libnvrtc11.2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnvrtc11.2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvrtc11.2

Dependencies

libnvrtc11.2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvrtc11.2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.