Couldn't get cuda device count in file '/PATH/cudaAcceleration.cu' in line N: no CUDA-capable device is detected

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You'll come across this error when you do have an Nvidia GPU, but it isn't CUDA capable, its driver hasn't loaded correctly or the user running the GPU driver does not have the correct permission to do so (e.g. on Linux).