So 20.04 got released two days ago, but when is CUDA for 20.04 gonna be released? Is Nvidia usually following up quickly?
EDIT: I have added a new answer below for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and CUDA 11.1.1. See below.
I have a system with a NVIDIA card that has a compute support of 3.5+ compared on https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus. How do I install CUDA and the NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu without downloading the .deb files from NVIDIA?
Is there any tutorial to install CUDA on Ubuntu 18.04?
The instructions on the Nvidia website for 17.04 and 16.04 do not work for 18.04.
I get a message telling me to reboot then re-run the installer. However when I do this I get that same message again.
Ubuntu 17.10 comes with CUDA 8 which relies on clang 3.8 (e.g. see this blogpost).
However, I'd like to install CUDA 9 and rely on GCC if possible. How can I do this?
Background: I'm a 3D artist (as a hobby) and have recently started using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as a dual-boot with Windows 7. It's running on my a fairly new 64-bit Toshiba laptop with an nVidia GeForce GT 540M GPU (graphics card). It also, however has Intel Integrated Graphics (which I suspect Ubuntu's been using).
So, when I render my 3D scenes to images on Windows, I am able to choose between using my CPU or my nVidia GPU (faster). From the 3D application, I can set the GPU to use either CUDA or OpenCL. In Ubuntu, there's no GPU option.
After doing (too much?) research on the issues with Linux and the nVidia Optimus technology, I am slightly more enlightened, but a lot more confused.
I don't care one bit about the Optimus technology, as battery life is not by any means an issue for me.
Here's my question: What can I do to be able to use CUDA-utilizing programs (such as Blender) on my nVidia GPU in Ubuntu? Will I need nVidia drivers? (I have heard they don't play nicely with Optimus setups on Linux.) Is there at least a way to use OpenCL on my GPU in Ubuntu?