How To Install nvidia-visual-profiler on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-visual-profiler on Kali Linux.
What is nvidia-visual-profiler
nvidia-visual-profiler is:
The NVIDIA Visual Profiler is a cross-platform performance profiling tool that delivers developers vital feedback for optimizing CUDA C/C++ and OpenCL applications.
There are three methods to install nvidia-visual-profiler 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-visual-profiler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nvidia-visual-profiler using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-visual-profilerInstall nvidia-visual-profiler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nvidia-visual-profiler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-visual-profilerInstall nvidia-visual-profiler 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-visual-profiler using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-visual-profilerHow To Uninstall nvidia-visual-profiler on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nvidia-visual-profiler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-visual-profilerUninstall nvidia-visual-profiler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-visual-profiler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-visual-profilerRemove nvidia-visual-profiler Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-visual-profiler configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-visual-profilerRemove nvidia-visual-profiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-visual-profiler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-visual-profilerDependencies
nvidia-visual-profiler have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-visual-profiler package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
