Bug 916976

Summary:	dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit should not depend on x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sv. Lockal <lockalsash>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Science Related Packages <sci>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	amadio, andrewammerlaan, mail
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=854345
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Description Sv. Lockal 2023-11-06 21:12:50 UTC

Hi,

According to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20186848/can-i-compile-a-cuda-program-without-having-a-cuda-device and quick attempt to install nvidia-cuda-toolkit-12.3.0.ebuild with removed x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers dependency, cuda compiler works fine without CUDA driver and NVIDIA GPU.

As a developer, I just want to check that my code compiles code on my machine and then occasionally test compiled binaries somewhere else (Google Colab, Saturn labs, etc).

Additionally, tools like hipify-clang require only CUDA headers, even if the target platform is AMD.

Could you unbind dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit from x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers? Thanks!

Comment 1 Thaison Nguyen 2024-03-17 09:02:47 UTC

Unbinding dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit from x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers may be interesting for using cuda inside WSL2.

Comment 2 Guilherme Amadio gentoo-dev

2024-03-17 12:46:47 UTC

I support removing the dependency as well. It might also be useful on Gentoo prefix environments.