How To Install libnpps10 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnpps10 on Ubuntu 20.04. libnpps10 is NVIDIA Performance Primitives for signal processing runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnpps10 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libnpps10

libnpps10 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 runtime library for signal processing.

There are three methods to install libnpps10 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libnpps10 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnpps10 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnpps10

Install libnpps10 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnpps10 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnpps10

Install libnpps10 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 libnpps10 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnpps10

How To Uninstall libnpps10 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libnpps10 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnpps10

Uninstall libnpps10 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnpps10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnpps10

Remove libnpps10 Configurations and Data

To remove libnpps10 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnpps10

Remove libnpps10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnpps10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnpps10

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnpps10 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.