How To Install libnppc9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppc9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnppc9.1
libnppc9.1 is:
NVIDIA NPP is a library of functions for performing CUDA accelerated processing. The initial set offunctionality in the library focuses on imaging and video processing and is widely applicable for developers in these areas. NPP will evolve over time to encompass more of the compute heavy tasks in a variety of problem domains. The NPP library is written to maximize flexibility, while maintaining high performance.
This package contains the NVIDIA Performance Primitives core runtime library.
There are three methods to install libnppc9.1 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 libnppc9.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnppc9.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnppc9.1
Install libnppc9.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnppc9.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnppc9.1
Install libnppc9.1 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 libnppc9.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnppc9.1
How To Uninstall libnppc9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnppc9.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnppc9.1
Uninstall libnppc9.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnppc9.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnppc9.1
Remove libnppc9.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libnppc9.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnppc9.1
Remove libnppc9.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnppc9.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnppc9.1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppc9.1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
