Nvidia CUDA-toolkit linux installer script

[cyclone]

Title: Nvidia CUDA-toolkit installer
Author: cyclone
URL: https://github.com/cyclone-github/scripts/blob/main/install_cuda.py
Description:
Python3 script to automate installing the official Nvidia CUDA-toolkit on all Nvidia supported linux distros. Uses python3.x stdlib, so only python3 is required.

1. Download python script install_cuda.py
2. Run install_cuda.py as root / sudo
3. Done

root@cyclone:~# python3 install_cuda.py 
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|       Cyclone's Linux CUDA Installer      |
|                v2025-03-08                |
| https://github.com/cyclone-github/scripts |
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Detected Architecture: x86_64
Detected Linux distro: Debian 12

Checking for existing CUDA installation...

Current CUDA Version Installed: 12.8

Download and install CUDA 12.8.1? (y/n): y
Downloading: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/12.8.1/local_installers/cuda_12.8.1_570.124.06_linux.run -> cuda_12.8.1_570.124.06_linux.run
Downloading: 100.00% (5382238770/5382238770 bytes)
Download complete!

Verifying MD5 checksum of cuda_12.8.1_570.124.06_linux.run...
Checksum matches. Proceeding with installation.

Running CUDA installer (this may take several minutes)...
===========
= Summary =
===========

Driver:   Installed
Toolkit:  Installed in /usr/local/cuda-12.8/

Please make sure that
 -   PATH includes /usr/local/cuda-12.8/bin
 -   LD_LIBRARY_PATH includes /usr/local/cuda-12.8/lib64, or, add /usr/local/cuda-12.8/lib64 to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig as root

To uninstall the CUDA Toolkit, run cuda-uninstaller in /usr/local/cuda-12.8/bin
To uninstall the NVIDIA Driver, run nvidia-uninstall
Logfile is /var/log/cuda-installer.log
root@cyclone:~# nvidia-smi
Sat Mar  8 13:58:18 2025       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 570.124.06             Driver Version: 570.124.06     CUDA Version: 12.8     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090        Off |   00000000:02:00.0 Off |                  Off |
| 78%   31C    P0             65W /  450W |       1MiB /  24564MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
|   1  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090        Off |   00000000:03:00.0 Off |                  Off |
| 78%   31C    P0             58W /  450W |       1MiB /  24564MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
                                                                                         
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+