How To Install nvidia-cuda-samples on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-cuda-samples on Debian 12.
What is nvidia-cuda-samples
nvidia-cuda-samples is:
This package contains a collection of example codes demonstrating various features of the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit.
There are three methods to install nvidia-cuda-samples on Debian 12. 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-samples 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-samples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-cuda-samples
Install nvidia-cuda-samples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-cuda-samples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-cuda-samples
Install nvidia-cuda-samples 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-cuda-samples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-cuda-samples
How To Uninstall nvidia-cuda-samples on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvidia-cuda-samples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-cuda-samples
Uninstall nvidia-cuda-samples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-cuda-samples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-cuda-samples
Remove nvidia-cuda-samples Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-cuda-samples configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-cuda-samples
Remove nvidia-cuda-samples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-cuda-samples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-cuda-samples
Dependencies
nvidia-cuda-samples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-cuda-samples package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
