Getting CUDA toolkit installed on Void Linux

Published: Apr 15, 2025

This is a short post (mainly for myself) to remember how I got CUDA installed on Void Linux. These steps are as follows:

1. Download the installation files: Go to the CUDA toolkit installation website. Select Linux->x86_64->Debian->11->runfile (local)
2. Set executable permission: chmod +x ./cuda_version.run
3. Install using the correct flags:

   sudo ./cuda_11.8.0_520.61.05_linux.run --silent --override --toolkit --no-opengl-libs --tmpdir=/home/aselimov/down/tmp
   

4. Add to path: Build should now be installed at /usr/local/cuda-version. Add the following to your bashrc or zshrc:

   export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/cuda-version/bin"
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/cuda-version/lib64"
   

The reason I had to add the --tmpdir command was because I was getting an error message about the default tmp directory not having enough space. Hopefully this helps someone else out!