How To Install libnppitc9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppitc9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libnppitc9.1 is NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Threshold and Compare

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppitc9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libnppitc9.1

libnppitc9.1 is:

NVIDIA NPP is a library of functions for performing CUDA accelerated processing.

This package contains the NVIDIA Performance Primitives runtime library for Image Threshold and Compare, which is a sub-library of nppi.

There are three methods to install libnppitc9.1 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 libnppitc9.1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnppitc9.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnppitc9.1

Install libnppitc9.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnppitc9.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnppitc9.1

Install libnppitc9.1 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 libnppitc9.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnppitc9.1

How To Uninstall libnppitc9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libnppitc9.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnppitc9.1

Uninstall libnppitc9.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnppitc9.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnppitc9.1

Remove libnppitc9.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libnppitc9.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnppitc9.1

Remove libnppitc9.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnppitc9.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnppitc9.1

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnppitc9.1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.