NVIDIA NVVM Compiler

13.2.78 verified Mon Apr 27 auth: no python

NVIDIA NVVM compiler library for CUDA. Provides the libnvvm.so shared library for compiling CUDA device code to PTX. Version 13.2.78; follows CUDA release cadence.

pip install nvidia-nvvm

Common errors

error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'nvvm' ↓

cause Package not installed or incorrect import path

fix

pip install nvidia-nvvm

error AttributeError: module 'nvvm' has no attribute '__version__' ↓

cause Version attribute not exposed in all builds; use nvvm.getVersion() instead

fix

print(nvvm.getVersion())

Warnings

deprecated nvidia-nvvm is deprecated in favor of nvidia-nvjitlink for CUDA 12.x+ ↓

fix Use pip install nvidia-nvjitlink for newer CUDA toolkits

breaking API breaking changes between CUDA 11.x (nvidia-nvvm) and 12.x (nvidia-nvjitlink): function names differ ↓

fix Consult CUDA 12 release notes for updated API calls

gotcha Package name is all lowercase: nvidia-nvvm, not nvidia-NVVM ↓

fix Use correct pip install nvidia-nvvm

gotcha Only provides shared library; does not include compiler tools (nvcc, nvprune) — those are in cuda-toolkit or cuda-nvcc ↓

fix Install nvidia-cuda-nvcc for compiler tools

Imports

nvvm
wrong
```
import NVVM
```
correct
```
import nvvm
```
Case-sensitive: lower-case package name
libnvvm
```
from nvidia.nvvm import libnvvm
```
Library module within the package

Quickstart

Check installed NVVM version

import nvvm
print(nvvm.__version__)