How To Install nvidia-cuda-gdb on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-cuda-gdb on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nvidia-cuda-gdb
nvidia-cuda-gdb is:
The Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) enables NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) to be used for massively parallel general purpose computation.
This package contains the cuda-gdb debugger.
There are three methods to install nvidia-cuda-gdb 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 nvidia-cuda-gdb 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-cuda-gdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-cuda-gdb
Install nvidia-cuda-gdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-cuda-gdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-cuda-gdb
Install nvidia-cuda-gdb 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-cuda-gdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-cuda-gdb
How To Uninstall nvidia-cuda-gdb on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-cuda-gdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-cuda-gdb
Uninstall nvidia-cuda-gdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-cuda-gdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-cuda-gdb
Remove nvidia-cuda-gdb Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-cuda-gdb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-cuda-gdb
Remove nvidia-cuda-gdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-cuda-gdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-cuda-gdb
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-cuda-gdb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
