Ubuntu-16.04 and Cuda-8.0 Install Guide
Introduction
NVIDIA libraries are notorious for breaking Xserver particularly in the ubuntu Linux distro. Here’s my installation guide on how to do a clean install without breaking display drivers. Hope it helps.
Installation
Pull Ubuntu 8.0 from here
- Add a
blacklist-nouveau.conf
file to youretc/modprobe.d
directory like so:
sudo touch /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
- Add the following contents to the file you just created using your fave editor:
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
- Turn off X server
sudo service lightdm stop
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Install Cuda 8.0
cd
to the directory where the cuda install file was stored and run it with admin rights e.g.
sudo ./cuda_8.0.61_375.26_linux.run
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Accept the EULA Licence agreement
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Accept yes for NVIDIA drivers install
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Accept yes for cuda-8.0 and cuda symlink
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Decline the installation of OpenGL Libraries (this breaks Xserver)
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Install Samples
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Decline the installation of nvidia-xconfig (you wouldn’t need it)
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Reboot your system after installation
Voila! We’re set to start developing with cuda.