How To Install nsight-compute on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsight-compute on Kali Linux. nsight-compute is NVIDIA Nsight Compute

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsight-compute on Kali Linux.

What is nsight-compute

nsight-compute is:

NVIDIA Nsight Compute is an interactive kernel profiler for CUDA applications. It provides detailed performance metrics and API debugging via a user interface and command line tool. In addition, its baseline feature allows users to compare results within the tool. Nsight Compute provides a customizable and data-driven user interface and metric collection and can be extended with analysis scripts for post-processing results.

There are three methods to install nsight-compute 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 nsight-compute Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nsight-compute using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nsight-compute

Install nsight-compute Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nsight-compute using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nsight-compute

Install nsight-compute 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 nsight-compute using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nsight-compute

How To Uninstall nsight-compute on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nsight-compute package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nsight-compute

Uninstall nsight-compute And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nsight-compute and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nsight-compute

Remove nsight-compute Configurations and Data

To remove nsight-compute configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nsight-compute

Remove nsight-compute configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nsight-compute configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nsight-compute

Dependencies

nsight-compute have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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