Installing CUDA 5.0 RC samples

Question

I tried to install the full CUDA 5.0 package but I got the following error:

Driver:   Not Selected
Toolkit:  Not Selected
Samples:  Installation Failed. Missing required libraries.

So, in the /tmp/cuda_install_2340.log I've got:

Missing required library libglut.so

But I have installed it before, because I do:

facundo@gpgpu:~$ locate libglut
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglut.a
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglut.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglut.so.3
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglut.so.3.9.0

So, What is the problem? I am on Ubuntu 12.04

Answer 1

I'm on Ubuntu 12.04, I fixed it by the following:

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

So the problem was ubuntu are installing libglut library in a different path for x64 architectures, so it can be fixed making a symbolic link to /usr/lib/.

Answer 2

On CentOS 5.6 x64 , Kernel: 2.6.18-308.24.1.el5

1. yum install freeglut

2. ln -s /usr/lib/libglut.so.3 /usr/lib/libglut.so

then i also install CUDA 5.0 Sample successfully.

Thanks this post.