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.. _prerequisites:


Prerequisites
-------------

Following are the required dependencies to compile CVCUDA samples.

* Ubuntu >= 20.04
* CUDA driver >= 11.7

C++ Samples' Dependencies:

* TensorRT to run the Image classification sample pipeline

Python Samples' Dependencies:

* Torch
* Torchvision
* torchnvjpeg (https://github.com/itsliupeng/torchnvjpeg)

Refer to the :ref:`Installation` docs for the sample installation guide using *.deb or .tar installers.
Refer to the sample README for instructions to compile samples from the source.