Re-install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Server and Lambda Stack

This guide will walk you through re-installing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Server Edition with Lambda Stack.

  1. Install Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS. You can download the .iso here Get Ubuntu Server | Download | Ubuntu. Follow this guide on how to make an installation USB: Create USB for installing Ubuntu 20.04 - DeepTalk - Deep Learning Community.

  2. Install Lambda Stack for servers:

LAMBDA_REPO=$(mktemp) && \
wget -O${LAMBDA_REPO} https://lambdalabs.com/static/misc/lambda-stack-repo.deb && \
sudo dpkg -i ${LAMBDA_REPO} && rm -f ${LAMBDA_REPO} && \
sudo apt-get update && \
sudo apt-get --yes upgrade && \
sudo apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends lambda-server && \
sudo apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends nvidia-headless-410 nvidia-utils-410 && \
sudo apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends lambda-stack-cuda

You now just need to restart the computer with sudo reboot and you’re done!