Hello
I’m a bit lost in the matrix.
How to install correct CUDA toolkit (8.6) for A2000 mobile on LinuxMint 22.1
I’m easily able to install the latest via:
sudo apt install nvidia-cuda-toolkit
However this installs the latest version:
vcc --version
nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
Copyright (c) 2005-2023 NVIDIA Corporation
Built on Fri_Jan__6_16:45:21_PST_2023
Cuda compilation tools, release 12.0, V12.0.140
Build cuda_12.0.r12.0/compiler.32267302_0
which is not compatible with the gfx card A2000 mobile on my laptop.
So I purged the installation successfully:
sudo apt --purge remove nvidia-cuda-toolkit
According to the wikipedia matrix cuda tools 8.6 is the maximum supported for A2000 mobile:
So I tried:
sudo apt install nvidia-cuda-toolkit-8-6
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package nvidia-cuda-toolkit-8-6
and also
sudo apt install cuda-toolkit-8-6
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package cuda-toolkit-8-6
then I read that from this post that I could try visiting this page to build the commands.
but after running the commands:
wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2404/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
--2025-06-28 19:43:14-- https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2404/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
Resolving developer.download.nvidia.com (developer.download.nvidia.com)... 2.18.188.11, 2.18.188.32
Connecting to developer.download.nvidia.com (developer.download.nvidia.com)|2.18.188.11|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 4328 (4.2K) [application/x-deb]
Saving to: ‘cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb’
cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all. 100%[===============================>] 4.23K --.-KB/s in 0s
2025-06-28 19:43:16 (564 MB/s) - ‘cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb’ saved [4328/4328]
sudo dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package cuda-keyring.
(Reading database ... 497953 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking cuda-keyring (1.1-1) ...
Setting up cuda-keyring (1.1-1) ...
sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:3 https://josm.openstreetmap.de/apt jammy InRelease
Hit:4 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Ign:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com xia InRelease
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Hit:8 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:9 http://packages.linuxmint.com xia Release
Hit:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Get:12 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2404/x86_64 InRelease [1,581 B]
Get:13 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2404/x86_64 Packages [715 kB]
Fetched 717 kB in 5s (158 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
and making sure then last command puts in the 8.6 version:
sudo apt-get -y install cuda-toolkit-8-6
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package cuda-toolkit-8-6
I’m still lost in the matrix.
Any ideas?
Thanks
