cuda 9.0 installation guidline for ubuntu 18.04 LTS

cuda_installation_on_ubuntu_18.04

# first get the PPA repository driver
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

# install nvidai driver 
sudo apt install nvidia-384 nvidia-384-dev

# install other import packages
sudo apt-get install g++ freeglut3-dev build-essential libx11-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libglu1-mesa libglu1-mesa-dev

# CUDA 9 requires gcc 6
sudo apt install gcc-6
sudo apt install g++-6

# downoad one of the "runfile (local)" installation packages from cuda toolkit archive 
wget https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.0/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run

# make the download file executable
chmod +x cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run 
sudo ./cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run --override

# Answer questions following while installation begin
# You are attempting to install on an unsupported configuration. Do you wish to continue? y
# Install NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 384.81? n
# Install the CUDA 9.0 Toolkit? y

# set up symlinks for gcc/g++
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-6 /usr/local/cuda/bin/gcc
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/g++-6 /usr/local/cuda/bin/g++

# setup your paths
echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/cuda-9.0/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-9.0/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# install cuDNN v7.1
# in order to download cuDNN you have to regeistered here https://developer.nvidia.com/developer-program/signup
# then download cuDNN v7.1 form https://developer.nvidia.com/cudnn
CUDNN_TAR_FILE="cudnn-9.0-linux-x64-v7.1"
wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/redist/cudnn/v7.1/${CUDNN_TAR_FILE}
tar -xzvf ${CUDNN_TAR_FILE}

#copy the following files into the cuda toolkit directory.
sudo cp -P cuda/include/cudnn.h /usr/local/cuda-9.0/include
sudo cp -P cuda/lib64/libcudnn* /usr/local/cuda-9.0/lib64/
sudo chmod a+r /usr/local/cuda-9.0/lib64/libcudnn*

echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-9.0/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH' >> ~/.bash.rc should be .bashrc at the end there.

echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-9.0/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH' >> ~/.bash.rc should be .bashrc at the end there.

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