You might want to rebuild with this added to debian/rules # with cuda-10-0 override_dh_auto_configure: dh_auto_configure -- -DCUDA_SDK_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/cuda-10.0 -DCUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/cuda-10.0 # or if you have cuda-10-1 override_dh_auto_configure: dh_auto_configure -- -DCUDA_SDK_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/cuda-10.1 -DCUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/cuda-10.1