How to Install CUDA on Ubuntu 20.04 - Linoxide

Start off by updating the package lists on your Ubuntu 20.04 instance. ... Next, install the CUDA toolkit using the APT package manager as follows ... Skiptocontent LinOxide Menu LinuxCommandsUbuntuDebianCentOSNewsletterTutorials BestinLinux Automation Apps&Tools Containers TerminalTips Security Monitoring PackageManagement RECENTPOSTS BestPDFEditorsforLinuxThatYouShouldKnow HowtoInstallGrafana8onUbuntu20.04 Top8ReasonstoUseGarudaLinux HowtoInstallRundeckonUbuntu20.04 HowtoInstallMicrosoftEdgeonUbuntu[GUIandTerminal] AboutMeetUs TeamFeedbackContactUs CUDAisaparallelcomputingplatformandaprogrammingmodelthatprovidesaremarkableuserexperiencewhenleveragingGPUforeverydaygeneral-purposecomputing.CUDAstandsforComputeUnifiedDeviceArchitecture.ItiscreatedbyNVIDIA. CUDAcomprisestheCUDAtoolkit(compiler,profile,anddebugger),thesoftwaredriver,andtheCUDASDK.ThesoftwarelayergivesdirectaccesstotheGPU'svirtualinstructionsetandparallelcomputationalelements.FordeeplearningresearchesandframeworkdevelopersusecuDNNforhigh-performanceGPUacceleration.Itisalibraryofprimitivesfordeepneuralnetworks. Inthisguide,welearnhowtoinstallCUDAandCuDNNonUbuntu20.04.Therearetwowaysofgoingaboutthis.YoucaninstallCUDAfromUbuntuRepository-whichistheeasiestapproach-orinstallfromtheCUDArepositorywhichprovidesthelatestversionofCUDA. Prerequisites: Minimum20GBoffreediskspaceRecommeded2GBRAMShouldhaveNVIDIAgraphicsdriverinstalled.DriverthatcomeswithCUDAmaynotbelastestversion. Method1:InstallCUDAfromUbunturepository StartoffbyupdatingthepackagelistsonyourUbuntu20.04instance. $sudoaptupdate Next,installtheCUDAtoolkitusingtheAPTpackagemanagerasfollows.Notethattheinstallationisintensive,andassuchensureyouhaveafastandstableinternetconnectionandaminimumof10Gofdiskspace. $sudoaptinstallnvidia-cuda-toolkit Oncetheinstallationiscomplete,weneedtoaddCUDAtoPATHsoastonotifytheshellofthelocationofCUDA.Todothis,wewillspecifythePATHinthe.bashrcfile.So,openthefileusingyourcommand-linetexteditor. $sudovim~/.bashrc Attheveryendofthefile,copyandpastethefollowinglinesofcode. #setPATHforcuda10.1installation if[-d"/usr/local/cuda-10.1/bin/"];then exportPATH=/usr/local/cuda-10.1/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}} exportLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-10.1/lib64${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}} fi Next,reloadthechangesinthe.bashrcfile. $source~/.bashrc NowcheckandconfirmtheversionofCUDAinstalledusingthefollowingcommand. $nvcc--version CheckCUDAversion Method2:InstallCUDAfromCUDArepository Asmentionedearlier,theCUDArepositoryprovidesthelatestversionofCUDA.So,ifyouareouttoinstallthelatestversion,thenfollowtheinstructionsoutlinedherein. First,downloadtheCUDArepositorypin: $wgethttps://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/cuda-ubuntu2004.pin Next,movethepintothe/etc/preferences.ddirectoryandrenameitascuda-repository-pin-600. $sudomvcuda-ubuntu2004.pin/etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600 MoveCUDApintothe/etc/preferencesdirectory Thereafter,downloadtheCUDADebianfile.Benotifiedthatthefileisquitelarge-2.3Gtobepreciseatthetimeofwritingthisguide.Ensureyouhaveagoodinternetconnectionandamplediskspace. $wgethttps://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/11.4.2/local_installers/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-4-local_11.4.2-470.57.02-1_amd64.deb Oncedownloaded,usethedpkgutilitytoexecutethefile. sudodpkg-icuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-4-local_11.4.2-470.57.02-1_amd64.deb Next,installtheCUDAGPGkeyasfollows: $sudoapt-keyadd/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-4-local/7fa2af80.pub Finally,updatethepackagelistsandinstallCUDAusingtheAPTpackagemanager. $sudoaptupdate $sudoaptinstallcuda-y InstallCuDNN CuDNNdoesn'tcomewithCuda.TodownloadCuDNNyouneedtoregistertobecomeamemberoftheNVIDIADeveloperProgramwhichisfree. AfterregisteringinNVIDIADeveloperProgramyoucandownloadthelatestversionofcuDNN.HereIamdownloadingthecuDNNLibraryforLinux. First,extractthecuDNNpackage: $tar-xzvfcudnn-10.2-linux-x64-v8.2.4.15.tgz ThencopythefollowingfilestotheCUDAdirectory: $sudocpcuda/include/cudnn*.h/usr/local/cuda/include $sudocpcuda/lib64/libcudnn*/usr/local/cuda/lib64 $sudochmoda+r/usr/local/cuda/include/cudnn*.h/usr/local/cuda/lib64/libcudnn* Conclusion Inthistutorial,welearnedhowtoinstallCUDAandcuDNNonUbuntu20.04.Thanksforreading,pleaseleaveyourfeedbackandsuggestions. LeaveaCommentCancelreplyCommentName Email Website Currentye@r* Leavethisfieldempty JoinOur17.5KLinuxCommunityWe’dlovetoconnectwithyouonanyofthefollowingsocialmediaplatforms. FreeLinux#LWeekly–Subscribe *indicatesrequired EmailAddress* ViewPrevious#LWEEKLYEditions. RecentPosts BestPDFEditorsforLinuxThatYouShouldKnow HowtoInstallGrafana8onUbuntu20.04 Top8ReasonstoUseGarudaLinux HowtoInstallRundeckonUbuntu20.04 HowtoInstallMicrosoftEdgeonUbuntu[GUIandTerminal] LINUXCLI A-ZLinuxCommands JoinOurSocialCommunity JoinourFacebookActiveGroup FollowusonLinkedin FollowusonFacebookpage FollowusonTwitterpage FREENEWSLETTER