CUDA nvcc compiler setup Ubuntu 12.04

Question

I successfully installed the nvidia driver and toolkit for cuda 5 (but not the samples) on a 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04 box. The samples failed to install even though I previously ran

$ sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev build-essential libx11-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa libglu1-mesa-dev

I can't seem to find nvcc. I ran

$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-5.0/lib:/usr/local/cuda-5.0/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

nvcc -v reports that the compiler is not found:

nvcc -V No command 'nvcc' found, did you mean: Command 'nvlc' from package 'vlc-nox' (universe) nvcc: command not found

The getting started guide hasn't been of much help here: http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-getting-started-guide-for-linux/index.html

What's going on here? Do I need to install the gpu computing sdk samples to get nvcc? :/

Answer 1

Consider installing CUDA 5.5 in Ubuntu 12.04. The 5.5 release has special leverages to install it as a debian package. See the following links,

https://developer.nvidia.com/content/cudacasts-episode-5-install-cuda-55-linux-package-manager

https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads

It is truly much easier than all that you have tried till now ! personal experience ! :-)

Answer 2

Failing to install samples is a common problem as outlines in https://sn0v.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/installing-cuda-5-on-ubuntu-12-04/#comment-869

The solution is to find "libglut.so" and create a soft-link to it under /usr/lib. Then re-run the cuda*.run and choose to install only the samples.

sudo find /usr -name libglut\*

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglut.so.3 /usr/lib/libglut.so

sudo ./cuda*.run #when prompted only install samples. ie do not install drivers and toolkit.

works for me on ubuntu 12.04 hope it works for you too