Introduction

This document contain the step to install/update CUDA on Ubuntu machines

Installation

Step 1. Download cuda from NVIDIA official website. Either Deb (local), deb (network), or runfile (local) would work.



Step 2. Follow the instructions on the NVIDIA official website to download CUDA.



Step 3. Reboot the machine

$ sudo reboot


Step 4. Check system cuda after reboot



Step 5. Setup the environment in ~/.bashrc. Please see the official document.

### add cuda path in ~/.bashrc
export PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib64${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}


Step 6. Source new environment

$ source ~/.bashrc


Step 7. Test driver

$ nvidia-smi



Step 8. Test cuda compiler

$ nvcc -V



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