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I'm in the process of installing Theano and combining it with CUDA on my Windows 7 PC. All the information/tutorials I've seen require Visual Studio to be installed. Most of the Visual Studio versions are >= 5GB in size which seems like a ridiculous number especially for an IDE. Is Visual Studio required to run/compile CUDA code, or can I install an alternative IDE? If it is required, what's the smallest (in size) Visual Studio version?

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    *size of Windows 7 is ridiculously huge too* – Raptor Feb 10 '15 at 08:38
  • @Raptor, you're right. Looking to dual boot my PC soon. AMostMajestuousCapybara, I was dreading this answer. Would you happen to know which version is the smallest? – Black Feb 10 '15 at 08:55

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Unfortunately, Visual Studio is explicitly required to run some of the CUDA tools. As of February 2015, your best bet is to download VS 2013 Community Edition (http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx) and CUDA 6.5 (https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads). This is a great guide for installing CUDA on Windows 7 and 8.

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