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Hands-On GPU Programming with Python and CUDA
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Hands-On GPU Programming with Python and CUDA

by Dr. Brian Tuomanen
November 2018
Intermediate to advanced
310 pages
7h 54m
English
Packt Publishing
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Installing PyCUDA (Linux)

Open up a command line in Linux. Ensure that your PATH variable is set up correctly to use the local Anaconda installation of Python (rather than the system-wide installation) by typing which python at the bash prompt and pressing Enter (Anaconda should have automatically configured your .bashrc during installation); this should tell you that the Python binary is in your local ~/anaconda2/bin directory, rather than in the /usr/bin directory. If this isn't the case, open a text editor and put the line export PATH="/home/${USER}/anaconda2/bin:${PATH}" at the end of your ~/.bashrc file, save this, open a new Terminal, and then check again.

There are several options for installation of PyCUDA. The easiest option is to ...

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