How To Install libcuda1-340 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcuda1-340 on Ubuntu 18.04. libcuda1-340 is NVIDIA CUDA runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcuda1-340 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcuda1-340

libcuda1-340 is:

The Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) enables NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) to be used for massively parallel general purpose computation.

This package contains the driver specific runtime library.

Supported NVIDIA devices include GPUs starting from GeForce 8 and Quadro FX series, as well as the Tesla computing processors.

There are three methods to install libcuda1-340 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 libcuda1-340 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcuda1-340 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcuda1-340

Install libcuda1-340 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcuda1-340 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcuda1-340

Install libcuda1-340 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 libcuda1-340 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcuda1-340

How To Uninstall libcuda1-340 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libcuda1-340 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcuda1-340

Uninstall libcuda1-340 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcuda1-340 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcuda1-340

Remove libcuda1-340 Configurations and Data

To remove libcuda1-340 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcuda1-340

Remove libcuda1-340 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcuda1-340 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcuda1-340

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcuda1-340 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.