I am installing cuda on a machine running Ubuntu server with the intention of running completely headless. I have no need for X server or any desktop managers or anything. Yet installing cuda via the .deb file seems to require me to install ~600 packages including lots of desktop windowing stuff I don’t care about.
Is there a way to install without all of this being loaded onto my machine?
use the runfile installer method.
txbob, I wonder whether it might make sense to add a sticky note to the forum recommending the runfile installer method? So many people get entangled in the complexities of package installers that not a week goes by that we don’t see questions of this sort, and the answer is always pretty much the same.
Well guys, I cannot find another thread where the question was asked.
Anyway, I’m also surprised to see the number of dependancies apt-get install cuda installs…
The following additional packages will be installed:
accountsservice acl acpid adwaita-icon-theme apg aptdaemon aspell aspell-en at-spi2-core
avahi-daemon avahi-utils bbswitch-dkms bind9-host bluez bluez-obexd bsdmainutils
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openjdk, mdadm, ? Seriously…
I am also wondering why the Debian package does not just do what the runfile installer does ?
openjdk (java) is needed for the Eclipse Nsight Edition.
If you’re asking for a detailed description of what each and every dependency is about, you probably won’t find that.
The package manager method installs using dependency chains, so that if you already have a particular dependency, it does not need to be reinstalled. For a machine which is largely up-to-date, this could save a lot of time.
The package manager method offers two different packaging options, one which is a “local” and one which is a “network” install. The network install uses a set of network repositories. The local method is effectively “what the runfile installer does”, in that it contains all of the necessary packages in a local repo/archive. As a result you get to download a large ~1.5GB blob, just like you do when you download the runfile installer.