CUDA minimal installation to save space

[Anderhar]

While using Sunshine to stream from a rented VPS, I'm concerned about saving rather pricey disk space, and full CUDA Toolkit seems like the biggest waste of it.

So here's my question: how about installing only the components specifically needed for Sunshine (some libraries?), without just running sudo apt install cuda-toolkit in order to look at all those unnecessary new icons in my application menu?

I've already tried to find some definitive list of Sunshine dependencies to experiment on my own, but all in vain so far.

[ReenigneArcher]

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I believe cuda is only a compile time dependency. If you (or any Linux user) could confirm this, that would be excellent.

[Anderhar]

Don't you mean that CUDA is needed only for those who avoid pre-made binaries and prefer to compile on their own? Because I used to think of CUDA as a system requirement for NVENC/NvFBC support. But I can actually test it this week on a planned clean re-installation.
(and thanks for the quick response)

[ReenigneArcher]

Yes, I think it's just a build time dependency, not a runtime one (but that might not be true).

That table indicates what cuda compatibility was used when we compiled the binaries we provide.

I don't have a Linux system with an NVIDIA card to test, so would be cool if you can confirm it!