How To Install libnppicom9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppicom9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnppicom9.1
libnppicom9.1 is:
NVIDIA NPP is a library of functions for performing CUDA accelerated processing.
This package contains the NVIDIA Performance Primitives runtime library for Image Compression, which is a sub-library of nppi.
There are three methods to install libnppicom9.1 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 libnppicom9.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnppicom9.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnppicom9.1
Install libnppicom9.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnppicom9.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnppicom9.1
Install libnppicom9.1 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 libnppicom9.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnppicom9.1
How To Uninstall libnppicom9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnppicom9.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnppicom9.1
Uninstall libnppicom9.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnppicom9.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnppicom9.1
Remove libnppicom9.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libnppicom9.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnppicom9.1
Remove libnppicom9.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnppicom9.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnppicom9.1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppicom9.1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
