Installing nsys with conda

Developer Tools Nsight Systems Profiling Linux Targets
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There is a conda repo called “nvidia”( here Package repository for nvidia :: Anaconda.org ). Besides the cuda toolkit, it includes packages like “nsight-compute” or “cuda-nsight”.
If one runs simply: conda install -c nvidia cuda
The nvprof command is made available.
As far as I can tell, no package in this repo makes “nsys” available, which I want to use for profiling.
Am I missing something or is nsight-systems just not there?

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@mhari

I am not sure who is putting those packages there. I assume that you cannot just download from our website? http://developer.nvidia.com/nsight-systems ?

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Thanks for the answer!
I guess I should be able to use the .run installer (I do not have root in the target), or install nsight-systems in my host and connect via ssh from the GUI (which is what I do now).

It would be great if nsight-systems would be there along the rest in the conda repo (it must be from you guys since it is referenced in the docs as a recommended way to install cuda) to get portable environments. Just a matter of convenience.

When I want some quick overview I end up using nvprof because I have it right there and I think its a shame :(

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If nvprof is deprecated why is it available for conda and still updated? Where’s the new nsys tool in nvidia’s conda channel?
https://anaconda.org/nvidia/cuda-nvprof

How to download nsys without nvidia account?

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How to download nsys without nvidia account?

Assuming Ubuntu, please follow these instructions to add the devtools repo to apt and install Nsight Systems.

sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub
sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://developer.download.nvidia.com/devtools/repos/ubuntu$(source /etc/lsb-release; echo "$DISTRIB_RELEASE" | tr -d .)/$(dpkg --print-architecture)/ /"
# or nsight-systems-cli if you need only the CLI.
sudo apt install nsight-systems
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I strongly prefer a non root and distribution independent solution. Nvidia should provide a conda package if possible. I don’t understand why it’s not available.

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