How To Install nvidia-compute-utils-435 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-compute-utils-435 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nvidia-compute-utils-435
nvidia-compute-utils-435 is:
This is a transitional package for nvidia-compute-utils-455, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
Package: nvidia-compute-utils-435 Architecture: amd64 Version: 435.21-0ubuntu7 Priority: optional Section: restricted/libs Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 230 Provides: nvidia-persistenced Depends: libnvidia-compute-435, adduser, libc6 (>= 2.3.3) Conflicts: nvidia-persistenced Replaces: nvidia-persistenced Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-435/nvidia-compute-utils-435_435.21-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb Size: 72652 MD5sum: 012fb0c638b0507ae8076f0492cb6a43 SHA1: c708f24fda2a0979a6208adb37a370a8aa2bd689 SHA256: 36187e146d3bab67e1e91880ac8400abe0b09ac657757a446c2ef16b775e0f58 Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com Description-en: NVIDIA compute utilities This package provides utility binaries for paraller general purpose computing use cases with the NVIDIA driver.
CUDA MPS is a feature that allows multiple CUDA processes to share a single GPU context. CUDA MPS should be transparent to CUDA programs.
CUDA MPS requires a device that supports Unified Virtual Address (UVA) and has compute capability SM 3.5 or higher. Pre-CUDA 4.0 APIs are not supported under CUDA MPS.
There are three methods to install nvidia-compute-utils-435 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 nvidia-compute-utils-435 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-compute-utils-435 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-compute-utils-435
Install nvidia-compute-utils-435 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-compute-utils-435 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-compute-utils-435
Install nvidia-compute-utils-435 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 nvidia-compute-utils-435 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-compute-utils-435
How To Uninstall nvidia-compute-utils-435 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-compute-utils-435 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-compute-utils-435
Uninstall nvidia-compute-utils-435 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-compute-utils-435 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-compute-utils-435
Remove nvidia-compute-utils-435 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-compute-utils-435 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-compute-utils-435
Remove nvidia-compute-utils-435 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-compute-utils-435 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-compute-utils-435
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-compute-utils-435 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
