#1102628 nvidia-cuda-toolkit: please make dependency on drivers optional

Package:
src:nvidia-cuda-toolkit
Source:
src:nvidia-cuda-toolkit
Submitter:
Andrea Pappacoda
Date:
2025-04-11 20:27:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1102628#5
Date:
2025-04-11 08:32:57 UTC
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To:
Hi!

Would it be possible to make the dependency on the Nvidia drivers
optional?

This way I could "cross compile" CUDA code from a device without Nvidia
GPUs to a device which has.

Does it make sense to you?

Bye :)
#1102628#10
Date:
2025-04-11 20:22:44 UTC
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That already works.
apt-get install --no-install-recommends nvidia-cuda-toolkit does not
pull in nvidia-kernel-dkms or nvidia-driver, but it does pull in
libcuda1 (which is also built from src:nvidia-graphics-drivers).


Andreas