How To Install libnvidia-compiler on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-compiler on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• libnvidia-compiler website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-compiler package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.