Error: File /var/log/cuda-installer.log does not exist when installer an older cuda

[fangq]

thanks for developing this action script!

I spent the past few hours trying to use it for one of my CUDA projects. I found two issues and would like to see if there is a workaround

1. I kept getting an error (Error: Error: File /var/log/cuda-installer.log does not exist) at the end of the cuda installation, see https://github.com/fangq/mcx/actions/runs/4401047764/jobs/7706904559. I even forked this repo and removed the artifact uploading code inside src/installer.ts, yet, it still kept giving me this error. I was trying to install cuda 9.2 for its smaller size. is there a workaround?

2. the default cuda 12.x is over 4GB in size. when I used the default setting, I got "No space left on device" error, see https://github.com/fangq/mcx/actions/runs/4400016129/jobs/7704933495; same for the the CI tests: https://github.com/fangq/cuda-toolkit/actions/runs/4401127506/jobs/7707048051. what is the most compact installation option? I only need nvcc and libcudart/libcudartstatic for my project.

[Jimver]

Hey thx for the report, for your first question that is a good one, I'll change the artifact uploading code in a new PR.

For your second point, have you tried using the network method? Like this:

steps:
- uses: Jimver/cuda-toolkit@v0.2.9
  id: cuda-toolkit
  with:
    cuda: '12.1.0'
    method: 'network'
    sub-packages: '["nvcc"]'

You can see more details in the README.md file

[Jimver]

Not sure if point 2 is fixed yet so reopening

[robandpdx]

I am seeing the install log artifact upload fail due to file permissions...

Beginning upload of artifact content to blob storage
node:events:492
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^
Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/log/cuda-installer.log'
Emitted 'error' event on ReadStream instance at:
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'open',
  path: '/var/log/cuda-installer.log'
}

In my case, the installer log has the following permissions...

-rw-------  1 runner    root              9022 May  7 04:05 nvidia-installer.log