Linux Mint 17 CUDA Toolkit Installation Guide
Hello Mint User! The Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How to Install the NVIDIA CUDA Library for Mint 17.x Qiana/Rebecca/Rafaela/Rosa LTS amd64 GNU/Linux Desktops.
CUDA is a Parallel Computing Platform and Programming Model invented by NVIDIA.
It enables Dramatic Increases in Computing Performance by Harnessing the Power of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU).
With CUDA Programming you can GPU Accelerating Apps by Incorporating C, C++ and Fortran Extensions of these Languages in the Form of a few Basic Keywords.

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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands) -
Then Verify on CUDA Capable GPU
lspci | grep -i nvidia
But if you do Not see any NVIDIA hardware on Output then first install:
sudo update-pciids
Then try Again…
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Next Install Ubuntu’s Kernel Headers
sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
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See How Setup CUDA Mint Repo Package
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Access the Target location
(Usually Downloads go in the Home folder or when Downloaded with Firefox may be into the Temporary directory /tmp/mozilla*)cd ~/Downloads
Or when downloaded with Firefox maybe:
cd /tmp/mozilla*
To Verify that it’s there List the contents with:
ls .
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Enabling Mint CUDA Repo
sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu*amd64.deb
sudo apt update
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CUDA Library Installation
sudo apt -y install cuda
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