How To Install nvidia-cuda-toolkit on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-cuda-toolkit on Kali Linux.
What is nvidia-cuda-toolkit
nvidia-cuda-toolkit 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 nvcc compiler and other tools needed for building CUDA applications.
Running CUDA applications requires a supported NVIDIA GPU and the NVIDIA driver kernel module.
There are three methods to install nvidia-cuda-toolkit 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 nvidia-cuda-toolkit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nvidia-cuda-toolkit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-cuda-toolkitInstall nvidia-cuda-toolkit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nvidia-cuda-toolkit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-cuda-toolkitInstall nvidia-cuda-toolkit 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nvidia-cuda-toolkit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-cuda-toolkitHow To Uninstall nvidia-cuda-toolkit on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nvidia-cuda-toolkit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-cuda-toolkitUninstall nvidia-cuda-toolkit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-cuda-toolkit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-cuda-toolkitRemove nvidia-cuda-toolkit Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-cuda-toolkit configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-cuda-toolkitRemove nvidia-cuda-toolkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-cuda-toolkit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-cuda-toolkitDependencies
nvidia-cuda-toolkit have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-cuda-toolkit package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.