How To Install libnvrtc11.2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvrtc11.2 on Kali Linux.

What is libnvrtc11.2

libnvrtc11.2 is:

CUDA Runtime Compilation library (nvrtc) provides an API to compile CUDA-C++ device source code at runtime.

The resulting compiled PTX can be launched on a GPU using the CUDA Driver API.

This package contains the NVRTC library.

There are three methods to install libnvrtc11.2 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 libnvrtc11.2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvrtc11.2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnvrtc11.2

Install libnvrtc11.2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvrtc11.2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnvrtc11.2

Install libnvrtc11.2 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 libnvrtc11.2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnvrtc11.2

How To Uninstall libnvrtc11.2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnvrtc11.2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnvrtc11.2

Uninstall libnvrtc11.2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnvrtc11.2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvrtc11.2

Remove libnvrtc11.2 Configurations and Data

To remove libnvrtc11.2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnvrtc11.2

Remove libnvrtc11.2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnvrtc11.2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvrtc11.2

Dependencies

libnvrtc11.2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• libnvrtc11.2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvrtc11.2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.