How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-cuda-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "nvidia-cuda-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install nvidia-cuda-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nvidia-cuda-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nvidia-cuda-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall nvidia-cuda-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nvidia-cuda-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: nvidia-cuda-dev
Priority: extra
Section: multiverse/libdevel
Installed-Size: 456175
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: nvidia-cuda-toolkit
Version: 7.5.18-0ubuntu1
Replaces: libcuinj64-5.5 (<< 5.5.22-6~), libcuinj64-6.0 (<< 6.0.37-2~)
Depends: libcudart7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libcublas7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libnvblas7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libcufft7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libcufftw7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libcusparse7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libcurand7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libcusolver7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libnppc7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libnppi7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libnpps7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libnvrtc7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libcuinj64-7.5 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libnvtoolsext1 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libnvvm3 (= 7.5.18-0ubuntu1), libthrust-dev
Recommends: libcuda1 (>= 352.39) | libcuda-7.5-1, libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libvdpau-dev, libnvcuvid1
Breaks: libcuda1 (<< 352.39), libcuinj64-5.5 (<< 5.5.22-6~), libcuinj64-6.0 (<< 6.0.37-2~)
Filename: pool/multiverse/n/nvidia-cuda-toolkit/nvidia-cuda-dev_7.5.18-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 200784430
MD5sum: b3a53c593a1d295d52f2a03becc606af
SHA1: 884b2971f917d7985e6d0edfe01a9d968982e805
SHA256: 81cccfc0a1f6a398ed22255fc60f864ca4fcb8ba96ad2abdb39a9b2d29c45417
Description-en: NVIDIA CUDA development files
The Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) enables NVIDIA
graphics processing units (GPUs) to be used for massively parallel
general purpose computation.
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This package contains the development files: headers and libraries.
Description-md5: 23a17262479fe7daf1cae67727e949c7
Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/CUDA
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu