#381 Document installation of CUDA for tools that use it (GENN/Tensorflow etc)
Closed: Fixed a year ago by ankursinha. Opened 3 years ago by ankursinha.

We will not include any tools that do not function without GPU support (generally CUDA), but perhaps we could document how to install CUDA or link to it (quick-docs already seems to have information on installing nvidia drivers).

To work on this, one needs an nvidia system to be able to verify steps.


@t0xic0der : any chance you'd be able to help here? (as our current nvidia driver contact :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: )

Cool. I will pick this up.
(Though @ankursinha, Any chance of having it convenient for the users by letting them know about the tool I had worked on. I do know it is unofficial and stuff but with @lcts working on packaging it - We would soon have a COPR of it.)

Yes, sure. I think it'll be best if this info also goes into the quick-doc so folks can use your tool to install the drivers, and then set up CUDA. We'll just link to it from the neuro-fedora docs? How does that sound? (I.e., no point having copies of the info in multiple places?)

I'll assign it to you now @t0xic0der . Thanks very much!

Metadata Update from @ankursinha:
- Issue assigned to t0xic0der

3 years ago

The thing is - It can also easily install CUDA as of the 0.3.0 release. :laughing:

Even better!

I just want to prepare you though: if your tool catches on (which I'm sure it will), you'll have to be prepared to provide support to a lot of users. So probably good to start e-mailing the users + rpmfusion lists etc. to find co-contributors/maintainers to help already?

I just want to prepare you though: if your tool catches on (which I'm sure it will), you'll have to be prepared to provide support to a lot of users. So probably good to start e-mailing the users + rpmfusion lists etc. to find co-contributors/maintainers to help already?

Most certainly. I would need to do this. Plus maybe a simple COPR might not suffice if it takes off - I would certainly get on with the docs but is there any starting point that you have in mind when it comes to finding contributors/maintainers?

There's nothing official. You just try to chat to as many folks as you can, and some of them will find it interesting enough to help out. For neurofedora, for example, I e-mailed the fedora devel list etc. and package maintainers that were interested joined up.

For your tool, the rpmfusion-devel + user lists would perhaps be the best start. (Chatting with more people also opens you up to more criticism though, so do keep that in mind).

Criticism is more than welcome - It would only make this a better application. I would get to chatting people from the places you specified very soon.

I hope it's constructive criticism, so yes, good idea to do it soon and built a community around the tool.

I don't think a doc for cuda already exists on quick-docs, so you'll probably have to create a new one @t0xic0der

I am creating a couple of new quick docs. The first would be for installing the drivers via the said tool and the second would be for installing CUDA software.

Documented in our docs, so closing.

Metadata Update from @ankursinha:
- Issue close_status updated to: Fixed
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)

a year ago

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