nVidia CUDA samples on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Here they are in case anyone else needs to download them separately (and the rest of cuda-repo-ubuntu1504-7-5-local_7.5-18_amd64.deb):

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_SnrcTvZzIXX2dkM0pwT2E3U2s
https://mega.nz/#F!dVBghK7J!6nvh-XvvoiqqeGp144jouw

The file you’re looking for is var/cuda-repo-7-5-local/cuda-samples-7-5_7.5-18_amd64.deb

To extract and compile the samples (make sure you have your nVidia GPU active if you’re using Optimus, e.g. by using

sudo prime-switch nvidia

or otherwise;

nvidia-smi

should show your GPU’s details.

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ar x cuda-samples-7-5_7.5-18_amd64.deb
tar -xf data.tar.gz
cd /usr/local/cuda-7.5/samples/5_Simulations/smokeParticles/
CUDA_PATH=/usr CUDA_SEARCH_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ make -j5