# After installing CuDNN 8.6, the cudnn\_samples\_v8 folder is empty

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/after-installing-cudnn-8-6-the-cudnn-samples-v8-folder-is-empty/230234>\
**Category:** CUDA Setup and Installation\
**Tags:** cuda\
**Created:** [October 9, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/after-installing-cudnn-8-6-the-cudnn-samples-v8-folder-is-empty/230234 "2022-10-09T00:24:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![krzysiekd.navy](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@krzysiekd.navy](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/krzysiekd.navy)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/after-installing-cudnn-8-6-the-cudnn-samples-v8-folder-is-empty/230234/1 "2022-10-09T00:24:52Z")

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Hi,  
After installing CuDNN 8.6 on my PC, the cudnn\_samples\_v8 folder is empty, the only file inside it is:

```auto
krzysztof@krzysztof-MS-7D25:/usr/src/cudnn_samples_v8$ ls
NVIDIA_SLA_cuDNN_Support.txt

```

Is there any other way to verify the CuDNN installation, or rather is there a way to download just the CuDNN samples? The whole installation process went smoothly, except that I installed CuDNN 8.6 whereas I only have the 11.7 Cuda toolkit, but that should not be a problem (from what I understand from the compatibility matrix). Both

```auto
nvidia-smi

```

and

```auto
nvcc --version

```

output properly.

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**Author:** ![tarikkartal.smartir](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@tarikkartal.smartir](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/tarikkartal.smartir)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/after-installing-cudnn-8-6-the-cudnn-samples-v8-folder-is-empty/230234/2 "2022-12-15T13:45:31Z")

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I am also facing totalt same thing. versions are libcudnn8=8.2.4.15-1+cuda11.4 and libcudnn8-dev=8.2.4.15-1+cuda11.4

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**Author:** ![tarikkartal.smartir](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@tarikkartal.smartir](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/tarikkartal.smartir)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/after-installing-cudnn-8-6-the-cudnn-samples-v8-folder-is-empty/230234/3 "2022-12-21T09:50:56Z")

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You and I just missed a step, written on NVIDIA cuda cudnn installation guide page as [here](https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/cudnn/install-guide/index.html#installlinux-deb)

after hitting the command _sudo apt-get install libcudnn8-samples=8.x.x.x-1+cudaX.Y_