How To install CUDA on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr

          Today, I am going to discuss about the installation of CUDA 6.5 Toolkit & Drivers on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr). From last few days a number of query regarding this problems are being asked. And Yes, Installation of CUDA Toolkit on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) release is really a tough and challenging task. There are number of problems encountered during the installation of CUDA Toolkit. The installation on Ubuntu & Fedora systems have a lot of similarities. As both operating systems are based on different packages, so one need to understand the structuring & requirements of those packages to get task successfully done. I have already shared one post regarding installation of CUDA on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr). So lets check the Ubuntu installation process today.

What is CUDA?

CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) is invented by NVIDIA Corporation Pvt. Ltd. First release of CUDA was in the year mid 2007.
CUDA is a Parallel Computing Platform one of its first kind which enables General Purpose Computing (widely known as GPGPU) in a very efficient and easy way. CUDA enables user to exploit the computing power of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) present in underlying hardware. Before the inception of CUDA, one had to use DirectX or OpenGL