CuDNN Installation Guide

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Installation Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Overview............................................................................................ 1

Chapter 2. Installing cuDNN on Linux....................................................................... 2
2.1. Prerequisites............................................................................................... 2
2.1.1. Installing NVIDIA Graphics Drivers................................................................ 2
2.1.2. Installing CUDA...................................................................................... 3
2.2. Downloading cuDNN...................................................................................... 3
2.3. Installing cuDNN on Linux............................................................................... 3
2.3.1. Installing from a Tar File.......................................................................... 3
2.3.2. Installing from a Debian File...................................................................... 3
2.4. Verifying.................................................................................................... 4
2.5. Upgrading from v6 to v7................................................................................ 4
2.6. Troubleshooting........................................................................................... 4
Chapter 3. Installing cuDNN on Mac OS X...................................................................5
3.1. Prerequisites............................................................................................... 5
3.1.2. Installing CUDA...................................................................................... 5
3.3. Installing cuDNN on Mac OS X.......................................................................... 6
3.4. Verifying.................................................................................................... 6
3.5. Upgrading from v6 to v7................................................................................ 7
3.6. Troubleshooting........................................................................................... 7
Chapter 4. Installing cuDNN on Windows................................................................... 8
4.1. Prerequisites............................................................................................... 8
4.1.2. Installing CUDA...................................................................................... 8
4.3. Installing cuDNN on Windows........................................................................... 9
4.4. Upgrading from v6 to v7............................................................................... 10
4.5. Troubleshooting.......................................................................................... 10
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Chapter 1.
OVERVIEW
The NVIDIA CUDA Deep Neural Network library (cuDNN) is a GPU-accelerated

library of primitives for deep neural networks. cuDNN provides highly tuned
implementations for standard routines such as forward and backward convolution,
pooling, normalization, and activation layers. cuDNN is part of the NVIDIA Deep
Learning SDK.
Deep learning researchers and framework developers worldwide rely on cuDNN
for high-performance GPU acceleration. It allows them to focus on training neural
networks and developing software applications rather than spending time on low-level
GPU performance tuning. cuDNN accelerates widely used deep learning frameworks,
including Caffe, Caffe2, TensorFlow, Theano, Torch, PyTorch, MXNet, and Microsoft
Cognitive Toolkit. cuDNN is freely available to members of the NVIDIA Developer
Program.
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Chapter 2.
INSTALLING CUDNN ON LINUX
2.1. Prerequisites
Ensure you meet the following requirements before you install cuDNN.
‣ A GPU of compute capability 3.0 or higher. To understand the compute capability of
the GPU on your system, see: CUDA GPUs.
‣ If you are using cuDNN with a Volta GPU, version 7 or later is required.
‣ One of the following supported platforms:
‣ Ubuntu 14.04
‣ Ubuntu 16.04
‣ POWER8
‣ One of the following supported CUDA versions and NVIDIA graphics driver:
‣ NVIDIA graphics driver 375.88 or newer for CUDA 8
For more information, see
‣ Installing NVIDIA Graphics Drivers
‣ Installing CUDA
2.1.1. Installing NVIDIA Graphics Drivers

Install up-to-date NVIDIA graphics drivers on your Linux system.
1. Go to: NVIDIA download drivers
2. Select the GPU and OS version from the drop down menus.
3. Download and install NVIDIA graphics driver 384.81 or newer. For more
information, select the ADDITIONAL INFORMATION tab for step-by-step
instructions for installing a driver.
4. Restart your system to ensure the graphics driver takes effect.
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Installing cuDNN on Linux
2.1.2. Installing CUDA
Refer to the following instructions for installing CUDA on Linux, including the CUDA
driver and toolkit: NVIDIA CUDA Installation Guide for Linux.
2.2. Downloading cuDNN
In order to download cuDNN, ensure you are registered for the NVIDIA Developer
Program.
1. Go to: NVIDIA cuDNN home page.
2. Click Download.
3. Complete the short survey and click Submit.
4. Accept the Terms and Conditions. A list of available download versions of cuDNN
displays.
5. Select the cuDNN version you want to install. A list of available resources displays.
2.3. Installing cuDNN on Linux

The following steps describe how to build a cuDNN dependent program. Choose
the installation method that meets your environment needs. For example, the tar file
installation applies to all Linux platforms. The debian installation package applies to
Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04.
In the following sections:
‣ your CUDA directory path is referred to as /usr/local/cuda/

‣ your cuDNN download path is referred to as <cudnnpath>
2.3.1. Installing from a Tar File

1. Navigate to your <cudnnpath> directory containing the cuDNN Tar file.
2. Unzip the cuDNN package.
$ tar -xzvf cudnn-9.0-linux-x64-v7.tgz

3. Copy the following files into the CUDA Toolkit directory.
$ sudo cp cuda/include/cudnn.h /usr/local/cuda/include
$ sudo cp cuda/lib64/libcudnn* /usr/local/cuda/lib64
$ sudo chmod a+r /usr/local/cuda/include/cudnn.h
/usr/local/cuda/lib64/libcudnn*
2.3.2. Installing from a Debian File
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1. Navigate to your <cudnnpath> directory containing cuDNN Debian file.

2. Install the runtime library, for example:
sudo dpkg -i libcudnn7_7.0.3.11-1+cuda9.0_amd64.deb
3. Install the developer library, for example:
sudo dpkg -i libcudnn7-dev_7.0.3.11-1+cuda9.0_amd64.deb
4. Install the code samples and the cuDNN Library User Guide, for example:
sudo dpkg -i libcudnn7-doc_7.0.3.11-1+cuda9.0_amd64.deb
2.4. Verifying
To verify that cuDNN is installed and is running properly, compile the mnistCUDNN
sample located in the /usr/src/cudnn_samples_v7 directory in the debian file.
1. Copy the cuDNN sample to a writable path.
$cp -r /usr/src/cudnn_samples_v7/ $HOME
2. Go to the writable path.
$ cd $HOME/cudnn_samples_v7/mnistCUDNN
3. Compile the mnistCUDNN sample.
$make clean && make
4. Run the mnistCUDNN sample.
$ ./mnistCUDNN
If cuDNN is properly installed and running on your Linux system, you will see a
message similar to the following:
Test passed!
2.5. Upgrading from v6 to v7
cuDNN v7 can coexist with previous versions of cuDNN, such as v5 or v6.
2.6. Troubleshooting
Join the NVIDIA Developer Forum to post questions and follow discussions.
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Chapter 3.
INSTALLING CUDNN ON MAC OS X
3.1. Prerequisites
‣ Mac OS X 10.11 or later
‣ NVIDIA graphics driver 378.05.05.25f01 or newer. For more information, see
Installing NVIDIA Graphics Drivers.
‣ CUDA 9.0 RC. For more information, see Installing CUDA.

Install up-to-date NVIDIA graphics drivers on your Mac OS X system.
Refer to the following instructions for installing CUDA on Mac OS X, including the
CUDA driver and toolkit: NVIDIA CUDA Installation Guide for Mac OS X.
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Program.
2. Click Download.
displays.
5. Select the cuDNN version to want to install. A list of available resources displays.
6. Extract the cuDNN archive to a directory of your choice.
3.3. Installing cuDNN on Mac OS X

The following steps describe how to build a cuDNN dependent program. In the
following sections:
‣ your CUDA directory path is referred to as /usr/local/cuda/

‣ your cuDNN directory path is referred to as <installpath>
1. Navigate to your <installpath> directory containing cuDNN.
$ tar -xzvf cudnn-9.0-osx-x64-v7.tgz

$ sudo cp cuda/include/cudnn.h /usr/local/cuda/include
$ sudo cp cuda/lib/libcudnn* /usr/local/cuda/lib
$ sudo chmod a+r /usr/local/cuda/include/cudnn.h
/usr/local/cuda/lib/libcudnn*
4. Set the following environment variables to point to where cuDNN is located.
$ export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
3.4. Verifying
To verify that cuDNN is working properly on your Mac OS X system, perform the
following step.
Run the following command.

$ echo -e '#include"cudnn.h"\n void main(){}' | nvcc -x c - -o /dev/null -I/
usr/local/cuda/include -L/usr/local/cuda/lib -lcudnn
If no error occurs, both the header and library are installed and can be located by the
nvcc compiler.
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Chapter 4.
INSTALLING CUDNN ON WINDOWS
4.1. Prerequisites
‣ One of the following supported platforms:
‣ Windows 7
‣ Windows 10
‣ One of the following supported CUDA versions and NVIDIA graphics driver:
For more information, see
‣ Installing NVIDIA Graphics Drivers
‣ Installing CUDA

Install up-to-date NVIDIA graphics drivers on your Windows system.
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Refer to the following instructions for installing CUDA on Windows, including the
CUDA driver and toolkit: NVIDIA CUDA Installation Guide for Windows.
Program.
2. Click Download.
displays.
5. Select the cuDNN version to want to install. A list of available resources displays.
6. Extract the cuDNN archive to a directory of your choice.
4.3. Installing cuDNN on Windows

The following steps describe how to build a cuDNN dependent program. In the
following sections:
‣ your CUDA directory path is referred to as C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU

Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v9.0
‣ your cuDNN directory path is referred to as <installpath>
1. Navigate to your <installpath> directory containing cuDNN.
cudnn-9.0-windows7-x64-v7.zip
or
cudnn-9.0-windows10-x64-v7.zip
a) Copy <installpath>\cuda\bin\cudnn64_7.dll to C:\Program Files
\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v9.0\bin.
b) Copy <installpath>\cuda\ include\cudnn.h to C:\Program Files
\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v9.0\include.
c) Copy <installpath>\cuda\lib\x64\cudnn.lib to C:\Program Files
\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v9.0\lib\x64.
4. Set the following environment variables to point to where cuDNN is located. To
access the value of the $(CUDA_PATH) environment variable, perform the following
steps:
a) Open a command prompt from the Start menu.
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b) Type Run and hit Enter.

c) Issue the control sysdm.cpl command.
d) Select the Advanced tab at the top of the window.
e) Click Environment Variables at the bottom of the window.
f) Ensure the following values are set:
Variable Name: CUDA_PATH
Variable Value: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v9.0
5. Include cudnn.lib in your Visual Studio project.
a) Open the Visual Studio project and right-click on the project name.
b) Click Linker > Input > Additional Dependencies.
c) Add cudnn.lib and click OK.
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Chapter 1. Overview............................................................................................ 1

The NVIDIA CUDA Deep Neural Network library (cuDNN) is a GPU-accelerated

2.1.1. Installing NVIDIA Graphics Drivers

2.3. Installing cuDNN on Linux

‣ your CUDA directory path is referred to as /usr/local/cuda/

2.3.1. Installing from a Tar File

$ tar -xzvf cudnn-9.0-linux-x64-v7.tgz

2.3.2. Installing from a Debian File

1. Navigate to your <cudnnpath> directory containing cuDNN Debian file.

3.1.1. Installing NVIDIA Graphics Drivers

3.3. Installing cuDNN on Mac OS X

‣ your CUDA directory path is referred to as /usr/local/cuda/

$ tar -xzvf cudnn-9.0-osx-x64-v7.tgz

Run the following command.

4.1.1. Installing NVIDIA Graphics Drivers

4.3. Installing cuDNN on Windows

‣ your CUDA directory path is referred to as C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU

b) Type Run and hit Enter.

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