curl.exe -L -o cuda_installer.exe https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/12.8.1/local_installers/cuda_12.8.1_572.61_windows.exe && cuda_installer.exe -n -s cuda_profiler_api_12.8 cudart_12.8 cuobjdump_12.8 cupti_12.8 cuxxfilt_12.8 nvcc_12.8 nvdisasm_12.8 nvfatbin_12.8 nvjitlink_12.8 nvml_dev_12.8 nvprof_12.8 nvprune_12.8 nvrtc_12.8 nvrtc_dev_12.8 nvtx_12.8 opencl_12.8 visual_profiler_12.8 sanitizer_12.8 thrust_12.8 cublas_12.8 cublas_dev_12.8 cufft_12.8 cufft_dev_12.8 curand_12.8 curand_dev_12.8 cusolver_12.8 cusolver_dev_12.8 cusparse_12.8 cusparse_dev_12.8 npp_12.8 npp_dev_12.8 nvjpeg_12.8 nvjpeg_dev_12.8 visual_studio_integration_12.8 && del cuda_installer.exe
this should work, but it hangs forever
why is installing CUDA toolkit so painful on Windows?