How-To | Install Theano with Cuda-Support in Anaconda (Arch-Linux)

How-To
Installation, Linux, Python

Install Anaconda

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pacman -S anaconda

Ignore Anaconda-Upgrades (otherwise it will overwrite all changes)

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pacman -Syu --ignore anaconda
yaourt -Syu --aur --ignore anaconda

Create new Python 3.5 Environment

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sudo conda create -n py35 python=3.5 anaconda

Change permissions of anaconda (so that you can install without root)

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sudo chown -R [User] /opt/anaconda

Install Theano

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source activate py35
conda install theano

Install CUDA (Make sure /tmp is large enough)

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yaourt -Syu --aur cuda-8.0

Install cuDnn

  • Download
    cuDnn 5.1 for Cuda 8.0

  • Install

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    tar -xvzf cudnn-8.0-linux-x64-v5.1.tgz
    mv ./cuda/include/* /opt/cuda/include
    mv ./cuda/lib64/* /opt/cuda/lib64

Create .theanorc (in ~/.theanorc)

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[global]
device=cuda
floatX=float32
cuda.root=/opt/cuda
## Set explicitly compiler in case gcc >= 6 is system default
gcc.cxxflags=-Wnarrowing
cxx=/usr/bin/g++-5

Install Jupyter Extensions

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conda install -c conda-forge jupyter_contrib_nbextensions
jupyter contrib nbextension install --user
/opt/anaconda/bin/jupyter notebook