How To Install libnvvm3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvvm3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnvvm3
libnvvm3 is:
NVIDIA’s CUDA Compiler (NVCC) is based on the widely used LLVM open source compiler infrastructure.
The NVVM library is used by NVCC to compile CUDA binary code to run on NVIDIA GPUs.
This package contains the NVIDIA NVVM runtime library.
There are three methods to install libnvvm3 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 libnvvm3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvvm3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvvm3
Install libnvvm3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvvm3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvvm3
Install libnvvm3 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 libnvvm3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvvm3
How To Uninstall libnvvm3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnvvm3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvvm3
Uninstall libnvvm3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvvm3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvvm3
Remove libnvvm3 Configurations and Data
To remove libnvvm3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvvm3
Remove libnvvm3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvvm3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvvm3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvvm3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
