How To Install libnvidia-compute-390 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-compute-390 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libnvidia-compute-390
libnvidia-compute-390 is:
This package provides a set of libraries which enable the NVIDIA driver to use GPUs for parallel general purpose computation through CUDA and OpenCL.
There are three methods to install libnvidia-compute-390 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnvidia-compute-390 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-compute-390 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-compute-390
Install libnvidia-compute-390 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-compute-390 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvidia-compute-390
Install libnvidia-compute-390 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 libnvidia-compute-390 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-compute-390
How To Uninstall libnvidia-compute-390 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libnvidia-compute-390 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-compute-390
Uninstall libnvidia-compute-390 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvidia-compute-390 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-compute-390
Remove libnvidia-compute-390 Configurations and Data
To remove libnvidia-compute-390 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-compute-390
Remove libnvidia-compute-390 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-compute-390 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-compute-390
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-compute-390 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.