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Installing Cuda

* Download Cuda

• https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads?target_os=Linux&target_arch=x86_64&Distribution=Ubuntu&target_version=20.04&target_type=runfile_local
• Installation guide for linux:
  • https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html
  • Kernel version: uname -r => 5.8.0-59-generic
  • GCC: gcc -v => 9.3
  • GLibC: ldd -v => 2.31
  • Clang: explicitly available as clang-11
  • Sanity checks:
    • lspci | grep -i nvidia => 1650 Ti
      • https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/cuda-enabled-geforce-1650/81010/5 => Compute capability 7.5
      • Turing architecture
    • uname -m && cat /etc/*release => x86_64 & ubuntu
    • sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
• Purging existing installations
  • #+BEGIN_SRC dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia > nvidia_packages

for package in $(cat nvidia_packages| cut -f3 -d' '); do; sudo apt-get --purge remove $package -y; done;

- Potentially useful for next time
  - To deal with driver issues
  - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1077061/how-do-i-install-nvidia-and-cuda-drivers-into-ubuntu
- Juno's nvidia package
  - juno-nvidia-drivers

— Kunal