How To Install libcupti-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcupti-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libcupti-doc is NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcupti-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcupti-doc

libcupti-doc is:

The CUDA Profiler Tools Interface (CUPTI) enables the creation of profiling and tracing tools that target CUDA applications. CUPTI provides a set of APIs targeted at ISVs creating profilers and other performance optimization tools. The CUPTI APIs are not intended to be used by developers in their CUDA applications.

This package contains the documentation and examples.

There are three methods to install libcupti-doc 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 libcupti-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcupti-doc

Install libcupti-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcupti-doc

Install libcupti-doc 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 libcupti-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcupti-doc

How To Uninstall libcupti-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libcupti-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcupti-doc

Uninstall libcupti-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcupti-doc

Remove libcupti-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcupti-doc

Remove libcupti-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcupti-doc

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Summary

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