nvcc error on ubuntu 11.10 "don't know what to do with..."

Question

I've tried to install the cuda toolkit 5.0 on ubuntu 11.10. I think the installation went well I'm trying to test it by running the deviceQuery example. But when I run nvcc deviceQuery from the command line i get the error: nvcc fatal : Don't know what to do with 'deviceQuery'

Does anyone know why i'm getting this issue.

Answer 1

nvcc is not used to run programs. It is a compiler driver. When a cuda program gets compiled/linked/built, it becomes an ordinary executable.

We use ordinary methods (based on OS) to run these executables.

When setting up a machine for CUDA usage, it may be useful to refer to the setup instructions for the OS type. These documents explain how to build (compile) the CUDA samples as well.