How to Install CUDA Linux Mint 17 64-bit Easy Guide

February 6, 2018 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist | Filed in: Tutorial.

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.

How to Install Nvidia CUDA Library on Mint 17 LTS - Featured

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…
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
See How Setup CUDA Mint Repo Package

CUDA Repository Setup

CUDA Repo for Linux Mint.

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 .
```

Enabling Mint CUDA Repo

sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu*amd64.deb

sudo apt update

CUDA Library Installation
```
sudo apt -y install cuda
```

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