CUDA 8.0 / torch7 / LuaJIT on mint (ubuntu 16.04 equivalent) with GTX 760 GPU

Download the CUDA 8.0 and NVIDIA 375.20 driver run files

wget -O cuda https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/8.0/prod/local_installers/cuda_8.0.44_linux-run
wget -O driver http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/375.20/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20.run

Purge anything related to NVIDIA or CUDA libraries

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
sudo apt-get purge libcuda*

Edit blacklist.conf file

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Add the following to blacklist.conf:

blacklist amd76x_edac #this might not be required for x86 32 bit users.
blacklist vga16fb
blacklist nouveau
blacklist rivafb
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist rivatv

Update to include nouveau blacklist

update-initramfs -u

Restart

sudo shutdown -r now

Stop X windows system on Mint 18

sudo service mdm stop

Install the driver

sudo sh ./driver

Install CUDA 8.0

sudo sh ./cuda

Restart again

sudo shutdown -r now

Export paths

export PATH=/usr/local/cuda-8.0/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-8.0/lib64\
                         ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}

Clone torch7 repo

git clone https://github.com/torch/distro.git ~/torch --recursive

Install torch, luaJIT, and dependencies

cd ~/torch; bash install-deps;
./install.sh

Source .bashrc to update

source ~/.bashrc

Run TREPL

th

nnormandin/cuda_torch_setup

CUDA 8.0 / torch7 / LuaJIT on mint (ubuntu 16.04 equivalent) with GTX 760 GPU