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@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ RAPIDS has several methods for installation, depending on the preferred environm
- [pip](#pip)
- [SDK Manager](#sdkm)
- [Windows WSL2](#wsl2)
- - [SDK Manager](#wsl2-sdkm)
- [Conda](#wsl2-conda)
- [Docker](#wsl2-docker)
- [pip](#wsl2-pip)
@@ -245,15 +244,30 @@ RAPIDS pip packages are available on the NVIDIA Python Package Index.
-## **SDK Manager (Ubuntu Only)**
-[NVIDIA SDK Manager](https://developer.nvidia.com/sdk-manager) gives a users a Graphical User Interface (GUI) option to install RAPIDS. It also attempts to fix any environment issues before installing RAPIDS or updating RAPIDS, making it ideal for new Linux users.
-1. Download [SDK Manager's Ubuntu version from their website](https://developer.nvidia.com/sdk-manager){: target="_blank"} (requires sign up or login to NVIDIA's Developer community). Do not install yet. It is assumed that your home directory's `Downloads` folder is where the `.deb` file will be stored. If not, please move `sdkmanager_[version]-[build#]_amd64.deb` file to your current Download folder.
-2. Install and run SDK Manager [using the installation guide here](https://docs.nvidia.com/sdk-manager/download-run-sdkm/index.html){: target="_blank"}. For Ubuntu, use the following commands:
-```bash
+## **SDK Manager**
+[NVIDIA SDK Manager](https://developer.nvidia.com/sdk-manager) gives users a Graphical User Interface (GUI) option to install RAPIDS. It also attempts to fix any environment issues before installing RAPIDS or updating RAPIDS, making it ideal for new users.
+1. Download [SDK Manager from its website](https://developer.nvidia.com/sdk-manager) (requires sign up or login to NVIDIA's Developer community).
+2. Install SDK Manager client
+- For Ubuntu, use the following command:
+```sh
sudo apt install ./sdkmanager_[version]-[build#]_amd64.deb
+```
+
+ - For Windows, follow the step-by-step instructions in the NVIDIA_SDK_Manager_[version]-[build#].exe
+
+3. Run SDK Manager client
+- For Ubuntu, use the following command:
+```sh
sdkmanager
```
-3. Sign in when asked, and follow SDK Manager's [RAPIDS installation instructions](https://docs.nvidia.com/sdk-manager/install-with-sdkm-rapids/index.html){: target="_blank"}.
+
+- For Windows,
+```sh
+Use the Start menu shortcut "NVIDIA SDK Manager" or
+Open a terminal window, go to the installation directory if not added to the path during installation, and run NvSDKManager.exe
+```
+
+4. To install RAPIDS, log in to your NVIDIA Developer account via the SDK Manager client (“NVIDIA Developer” tab) using the [provided login instructions](https://docs.nvidia.com/sdk-manager/download-run-sdkm/index.html#log-in-and-run-sdk-manager). Once logged in, proceed with the RAPIDS installation using the SDK Manager's instructions, which can be found [here](https://docs.nvidia.com/sdk-manager/install-with-sdkm-rapids/index.html).
@@ -283,26 +297,6 @@ Windows users can now tap into GPU accelerated data science on their local machi
When installing with Conda or pip, if an `WSL2 Jitify fatal error: libcuda.so: cannot open shared object file` error occurs, follow suggestions in [this WSL issue](https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/8587) to resolve.
-
-
-
-### **WSL2 SDK Manager Install**
-[NVIDIA's SDK Manager](https://developer.nvidia.com/sdk-manager){: target="_blank"} gives Windows users a Graphical User Interface (GUI) option to install RAPIDS. It also attempts to fix any environment issues before installing RAPIDS or updating RAPIDS, making it ideal for new WSL users.
-1. Install the [latest NVIDIA Drivers](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/){: target="_blank"} on the Windows host.
-2. Download [SDK Manager's Ubuntu version from their website](https://developer.nvidia.com/sdk-manager){: target="_blank"} (requires sign up or login to NVIDIA's Developer community). Do not install yet. The rest of the instructions assume that your home directory's `Downloads` folder is where the `.deb` file will be stored. If this is not the case, please change the directory, as needed, for your system.
-3. Install or update WSL2 and the Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 24.04 package [using Microsoft's instructions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install){: target="_blank"}. To install Ubuntu 24.04 from the command line, use this command:
-```bash
-wsl --install -d Ubuntu-24.04
-```
-This will install and start Ubuntu in your Windows host system using WSL2. Make your **sudo** password memorable as you will need it in the next two steps.
-4. Install and run SDK Manager inside Ubuntu by pasting this into your command line. This command will navigate to your Windows users's `Downloads` folder, from your WSL2 instance, and install the latest SDK Manager `.deb` file that you had downloaded. You will have to enter the sudo password you created when you installed Ubuntu.
-```bash
-sudo apt update && sudo apt install wslu -y
-cd "$(wslpath -au "$(cmd.exe /c 'echo %USERPROFILE%' | tr -d '\r')")/Downloads"
-sudo apt install "$(ls -t ./sdkmanager_*_amd64.deb | head -n 1)" -y
-sdkmanager
-```
-5. Sign in when asked, and [follow SDK Manager's RAPIDS installation instructions here](https://docs.nvidia.com/sdk-manager/install-with-sdkm-rapids/index.html){: target="_blank"}.