How To Install libnppig9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppig9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnppig9.1
libnppig9.1 is:
NVIDIA NPP is a library of functions for performing CUDA accelerated processing.
This package contains the NVIDIA Performance Primitives runtime library for Image Geometry transforms, which is a sub-library of nppi.
There are three methods to install libnppig9.1 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 libnppig9.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnppig9.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnppig9.1
Install libnppig9.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnppig9.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnppig9.1
Install libnppig9.1 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 libnppig9.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnppig9.1
How To Uninstall libnppig9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnppig9.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnppig9.1
Uninstall libnppig9.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnppig9.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnppig9.1
Remove libnppig9.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libnppig9.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnppig9.1
Remove libnppig9.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnppig9.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnppig9.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppig9.1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
