How To Install libcupti-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcupti-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libcupti-dev
libcupti-dev is:
The CUDA Profiler Tools Interface (CUPTI) enables the creation of profiling and tracing tools that target CUDA applications. CUPTI provides a set of APIs targeted at ISVs creating profilers and other performance optimization tools. The CUPTI APIs are not intended to be used by developers in their CUDA applications.
This package contains the development files: headers and libraries.
There are three methods to install libcupti-dev 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 libcupti-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcupti-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcupti-dev
Install libcupti-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcupti-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcupti-dev
Install libcupti-dev 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 libcupti-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcupti-dev
How To Uninstall libcupti-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libcupti-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcupti-dev
Uninstall libcupti-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcupti-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcupti-dev
Remove libcupti-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcupti-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcupti-dev
Remove libcupti-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcupti-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcupti-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcupti-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
