How To Install nvidia-compute-utils-390 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-compute-utils-390 on Ubuntu 20.04. nvidia-compute-utils-390 is NVIDIA compute utilities NVIDIA compute utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-compute-utils-390 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is nvidia-compute-utils-390

nvidia-compute-utils-390 is:

This package provides utility binaries for paraller general purpose computing use cases with the NVIDIA driver.

CUDA MPS is a feature that allows multiple CUDA processes to share a single GPU context. CUDA MPS should be transparent to CUDA programs.

CUDA MPS requires a device that supports Unified Virtual Address (UVA) and has compute capability SM 3.5 or higher. Pre-CUDA 4.0 APIs are not supported under CUDA MPS.

Package: nvidia-compute-utils-390 Architecture: amd64 Version: 390.132-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: restricted/libs Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 217 Provides: nvidia-persistenced Depends: libnvidia-compute-390, adduser, libc6 (>= 2.2.5) Conflicts: nvidia-persistenced Replaces: nvidia-persistenced Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/nvidia-compute-utils-390_390.132-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 68800 MD5sum: 2fe131ecead256289b305f3f5ef30caa SHA1: 8e6cd03bd83e09f1c0e35aa4434e8d67d75b74f6 SHA256: 646864ebdc69e68ff9e1650eec9ddce5ffb7b2543084705065f3dfbb53c37430 Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com Description-en: NVIDIA compute utilities This package provides utility binaries for paraller general purpose computing use cases with the NVIDIA driver.

CUDA MPS is a feature that allows multiple CUDA processes to share a single GPU context. CUDA MPS should be transparent to CUDA programs.

CUDA MPS requires a device that supports Unified Virtual Address (UVA) and has compute capability SM 3.5 or higher. Pre-CUDA 4.0 APIs are not supported under CUDA MPS.

There are three methods to install nvidia-compute-utils-390 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 nvidia-compute-utils-390 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-compute-utils-390 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-compute-utils-390

Install nvidia-compute-utils-390 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-compute-utils-390 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nvidia-compute-utils-390

Install nvidia-compute-utils-390 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 nvidia-compute-utils-390 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-compute-utils-390

How To Uninstall nvidia-compute-utils-390 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the nvidia-compute-utils-390 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-compute-utils-390

Uninstall nvidia-compute-utils-390 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-compute-utils-390 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-compute-utils-390

Remove nvidia-compute-utils-390 Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-compute-utils-390 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-compute-utils-390

Remove nvidia-compute-utils-390 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nvidia-compute-utils-390 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-compute-utils-390

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-compute-utils-390 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.