Setting up Windows for ANCIL

Basic User installation:

Install The Following programs:

WinRAR 64Bit (To Extract The Compressed Files)

Python 3.10.11(64Bit)

CUDA Developer Toolkit
(Installs all runtime + dev libraries. Easier one click solutions, but 4gb of space required, No need to pay or sign up for anything).

User Instructions for Installing CUDA Libraries with PowerShell

Extra Resources: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-microsoft-windows/index.html

Advanced User Installation:

1. Open PowerShell: Press Windows + X and choose "Windows PowerShell" or "Windows Terminal," then run it as administrator.
2. Check for NVIDIA GPU: Before proceeding, ensure you have an NVIDIA GPU.
   - Enter on PowerShell:
   Get-WmiObject Win32_VideoController | Select-Object Name

3. Update Python Packages: Upgrade pip, setuptools, and wheel.
   - Enter on PowerShell:
   py -m pip install --upgrade setuptools pip wheel

4. Install NVIDIA PyIndex: The NVIDIA PyIndex is required for fetching Python modules from the NVIDIA NGC PyPI repo.
   - Enter on PowerShell:
   py -m pip install nvidia-pyindex

5. Install CUDA Runtime and Additional Libraries

Enter on Your CMD:

py -m pip install nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12 `

nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12 `

nvidia-cuda-nvcc-cu12 `

nvidia-nvml-dev-cu12 `

nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12 `

nvidia-nvtx-cu12 `

nvidia-cuda-sanitizer-api-cu12 `

nvidia-cublas-cu12 `

nvidia-cufft-cu12 `

nvidia-curand-cu12 `

nvidia-cusolver-cu12 `

nvidia-cusparse-cu12 `

nvidia-npp-cu12 `

nvidia-nvjpeg-cu12 `

nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12

You need an Nvidia Graphics card of at least 8Gb, we recommend you to have one of at least 12Gb.