Cuda on Ubuntu 9.04 does it work?

Accelerated Computing CUDA CUDA Programming and Performance
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i’ve been reading forums where some people say it works but with memory problems, others say it does not work at all.

whats your experience?

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Runs just fine on my 9.04 64bit system.

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my main machine is ubuntu 9.04.

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Is CUDA 2.2 supported on Ubuntu 9.04?

I’ve tried CUDA 2.3 beta on Kubuntu 9.04. I’m able to compile and run console-based applications, but there are many errors when I build X-based applications in CUDA SDK 2.3.

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hey,which version of CUDA drivers and SDK have you used?

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NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run

cudatoolkit_2.2_linux_64_ubuntu8.10.run

cudasdk_2.2_linux.run

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even i have installed the same versions but im not able to compile examples from the SDK.

Im getting the following errors:

shashwat@mig8gb3-desktop:~/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK$ make

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/shashwat/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/common’

make[1]: g++: Command not found

make[1]: *** [obj/release/bank_checker.cpp.o] Error 127

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/shashwat/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/common’

make: *** [lib/libcutil.so] Error 2

is it because the gcc version?

my gcc version is 4.3.3

or because of missing repositories??

thanking you in advance…

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Looks like the g++ executable is not in your search path. Either put it in your .bashrc file

export PATH=/path_to_where_you_installed_g++:$PATH

then logout and log back in

or adjust the line

CXX := g++

in the common.mk file of the SDK to

CXX := /path_to_where_you_installed_g++/g++

PS: you do have g++ installed, right? g++ isn’t the same as gcc

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The key here is that you do not have g++ installed:

Run “sudo apt-get install build-essential”, and then you should have both gcc and g++.

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did that but im getting:

E: Couldn’t find package build-essential

What do i do now…im completely new to UBUNTU !!!

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Looks like you’re missing some repositories. Yoiur /etc/apt/sources.list file should look something like this

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release amd64 (20090420.1)]/ jaunty main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to

# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the

## distribution.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu

## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any

## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 

## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 

## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 

## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu

## security team.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'

## repository.

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as

## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes

## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.

## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review

## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

# deb http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

# deb-src http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's

## 'partner' repository.

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the

## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.

# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner

# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security main restricted

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security main restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security universe

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security multiverse

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security multiverse

deb http://apt.jenslody.de/ any main

deb-src http://apt.jenslody.de/ any main

deb http://apt.wxwidgets.org/ lenny-wx main

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Which version of gcc and g++ are you using??

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I’ve got two versions installed using update-alternatives:

There are 2 alternatives which provide `gcc’.

Selection Alternative

  •    1    /usr/bin/gcc-4.2

  •     2    /usr/bin/gcc-4.3

It’s quite possible that I used 4.2 to compile the SDK.

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I’ve removed CUDA 2.3 beta from my Kubuntu 9.04 desktop and installed CUDA 2.2:

  • latest 2.2 driver for Linux
  • CUDA 2.2 toolkit for Ubuntu 8.10
  • SDK 2.2.1

Everything works fine, and I can build the SDK applications with GCC 4.3.3

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Indeed, compiling SDK 2.2 can return some compilation errors on 64 bit systems, those are fixed in 2.2.1 (check releaselog of SDK 2.2.1).

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Thanks i made it work on ubuntu 9.04 64bit