From d195e605de5f6964eadeba467f5ad85d46841c87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Shelhamer Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 19:46:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [docs] note CUDA 8 requirement for Ubuntu 16.04 --- docs/install_apt.md | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/install_apt.md b/docs/install_apt.md index 2976e3cd07c..3de5a494e0c 100644 --- a/docs/install_apt.md +++ b/docs/install_apt.md @@ -9,14 +9,19 @@ title: Installation: Ubuntu sudo apt-get install libprotobuf-dev libleveldb-dev libsnappy-dev libopencv-dev libhdf5-serial-dev protobuf-compiler sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libboost-all-dev -**CUDA**: Install via the NVIDIA package instead of `apt-get` to be certain of the library and driver versions. -Install the library and latest driver separately; the driver bundled with the library is usually out-of-date. +**CUDA**: Install by `apt-get` or the NVIDIA `.run` package. +The NVIDIA package tends to follow more recent library and driver versions, but the installation is more manual. +If installing from packages, install the library and latest driver separately; the driver bundled with the library is usually out-of-date. This can be skipped for CPU-only installation. **BLAS**: install ATLAS by `sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev` or install OpenBLAS or MKL for better CPU performance. **Python** (optional): if you use the default Python you will need to `sudo apt-get install` the `python-dev` package to have the Python headers for building the pycaffe interface. +**Compatibility notes, 16.04** + +CUDA 8 is required on Ubuntu 16.04. + **Remaining dependencies, 14.04** Everything is packaged in 14.04.