How To Install libnvidia-compiler on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-compiler on Debian 12.
What is libnvidia-compiler
libnvidia-compiler is:
The Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) enables NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) to be used for massively parallel general purpose computation.
This package contains the runtime compiler library.
There are three methods to install libnvidia-compiler on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnvidia-compiler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-compiler using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-compiler
Install libnvidia-compiler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-compiler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvidia-compiler
Install libnvidia-compiler 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-compiler using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-compiler
How To Uninstall libnvidia-compiler on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnvidia-compiler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-compiler
Uninstall libnvidia-compiler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvidia-compiler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-compiler
Remove libnvidia-compiler Configurations and Data
To remove libnvidia-compiler configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-compiler
Remove libnvidia-compiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-compiler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-compiler
Dependencies
libnvidia-compiler have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-compiler package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.