How To Install libnvidia-ml-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-ml-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnvidia-ml-dev
libnvidia-ml-dev is:
The NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) provides a monitoring and management API. It provides a direct access to the queries and commands exposed via nvidia-smi.
This package contains the header file and depends on the driver-provided library.
There are three methods to install libnvidia-ml-dev
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 libnvidia-ml-dev 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-ml-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-ml-dev
Install libnvidia-ml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-ml-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvidia-ml-dev
Install libnvidia-ml-dev 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-ml-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-ml-dev
How To Uninstall libnvidia-ml-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnvidia-ml-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-ml-dev
Uninstall libnvidia-ml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvidia-ml-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-ml-dev
Remove libnvidia-ml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnvidia-ml-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-ml-dev
Remove libnvidia-ml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-ml-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-ml-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-ml-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.