Installing nvidia-cuda-gdb on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS

Example of installing nvidia-cuda-gdb on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install nvidia-cuda-gdb.


 

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Quick installation of nvidia-cuda-gdb:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: nvidia-cuda-gdb

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install nvidia-cuda-gdb

Package Details

Package:nvidia-cuda-gdb
Version:8.0.44-2
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://www.nvidia.com/CUDA
Description:NVIDIA CUDA Debugger (GDB) The Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) enables NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) to be used for massively parallel general purpose computation. . This package contains the cuda-gdb debugger.
Distro:Ubuntu 17.04
Release:
Repo/Section:multiverse/devel

How to install nvidia-cuda-gdb on Ubuntu 17.04?

Installing nvidia-cuda-gdb on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If nvidia-cuda-gdb is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L nvidia-cuda-gdb' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L nvidia-cuda-gdb
dpkg-query: package 'nvidia-cuda-gdb' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing nvidia-cuda-gdb:

After system update use the following command to install nvidia-cuda-gdb:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-cuda-gdb

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove nvidia-cuda-gdb from Ubuntu 17.04?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the nvidia-cuda-gdb from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the nvidia-cuda-gdb following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  nvidia-cuda-gdb

Following command is used to remove the nvidia-cuda-gdb package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove nvidia-cuda-gdb

This will remove nvidia-cuda-gdb and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing nvidia-cuda-gdb with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-cuda-gdb

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove nvidia-cuda-gdb

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with nvidia-cuda-gdb package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.