How To Install libnvrtc9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvrtc9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnvrtc9.1
libnvrtc9.1 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 libnvrtc9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnvrtc9.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvrtc9.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvrtc9.1
Install libnvrtc9.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvrtc9.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvrtc9.1
Install libnvrtc9.1 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 libnvrtc9.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvrtc9.1
How To Uninstall libnvrtc9.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnvrtc9.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvrtc9.1
Uninstall libnvrtc9.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvrtc9.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvrtc9.1
Remove libnvrtc9.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libnvrtc9.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvrtc9.1
Remove libnvrtc9.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvrtc9.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvrtc9.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvrtc9.1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
