How To Install nvidia-compute-utils-470 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-compute-utils-470 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nvidia-compute-utils-470
nvidia-compute-utils-470 is:
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-470 on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-470 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-470 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-compute-utils-470
Install nvidia-compute-utils-470 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-compute-utils-470 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-compute-utils-470
Install nvidia-compute-utils-470 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-470 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-compute-utils-470
How To Uninstall nvidia-compute-utils-470 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-compute-utils-470 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-compute-utils-470
Uninstall nvidia-compute-utils-470 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-compute-utils-470 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-compute-utils-470
Remove nvidia-compute-utils-470 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-compute-utils-470 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-compute-utils-470
Remove nvidia-compute-utils-470 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-compute-utils-470 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-compute-utils-470
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-compute-utils-470 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
