chore: Update to Ubuntu24.04 (cont #7423) (#7769)

* ci(workflows): bump GitHub Actions images to Ubuntu 24.04

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Sturniolo <alessandro.sturniolo@gmail.com>

* ci(workflows): remove CUDA 11.x support from GitHub Actions (incompatible with ubuntu:24.04)

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* ci(workflows): bump GitHub Actions CUDA support to 12.9

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* build(docker): bump base image to ubuntu:24.04 and adjust Vulkan SDK/packages

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* fix(backend): correct context paths for Python backends in workflows, Makefile and Dockerfile

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* chore(make): disable parallel backend builds to avoid race conditions

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* chore(make): export CUDA_MAJOR_VERSION and CUDA_MINOR_VERSION for override

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* build(backend): update backend Dockerfiles to Ubuntu 24.04

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* chore(backend): add ROCm env vars and default AMDGPU_TARGETS for hipBLAS builds

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* chore(chatterbox): bump ROCm PyTorch to 2.9.1+rocm6.4 and update index URL; align hipblas requirements

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* chore: add local-ai-launcher to .gitignore

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* ci(workflows): fix backends GitHub Actions workflows after rebase

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* build(docker): use build-time UBUNTU_VERSION variable

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* chore(docker): remove libquadmath0 from requirements-stage base image

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* chore(make): add backends/vllm to .NOTPARALLEL to prevent parallel builds

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* fix(docker): correct CUDA installation steps in backend Dockerfiles

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* chore(backend): update ROCm to 6.4 and align Python hipblas requirements

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Sturniolo <alessandro.sturniolo@gmail.com>

* ci(workflows): switch GitHub Actions runners to Ubuntu-24.04 for CUDA on arm64 builds

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Sturniolo <alessandro.sturniolo@gmail.com>

* build(docker): update base image and backend Dockerfiles for Ubuntu 24.04 compatibility on arm64

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Sturniolo <alessandro.sturniolo@gmail.com>

* build(backend): increase timeout for uv installs behind slow networks on backend/Dockerfile.python

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* ci(workflows): switch GitHub Actions runners to Ubuntu-24.04 for vibevoice backend

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* ci(workflows): fix failing GitHub Actions runners

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* fix: Allow FROM_SOURCE to be unset, use upstream Intel images etc.

Signed-off-by: Richard Palethorpe <io@richiejp.com>

* chore(build): rm all traces of CUDA 11

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* chore(build): Add Ubuntu codename as an argument

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Signed-off-by: Alessandro Sturniolo <alessandro.sturniolo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Palethorpe <io@richiejp.com>
Co-authored-by: Alessandro Sturniolo <alessandro.sturniolo@gmail.com>

backend/python/README.md

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ runUnittests
 The build system automatically detects and configures for different hardware:
 
 - **CPU** - Standard CPU-only builds
-- **CUDA** - NVIDIA GPU acceleration (supports CUDA 11/12)
+- **CUDA** - NVIDIA GPU acceleration (supports CUDA 12/13)
 - **Intel** - Intel XPU/GPU optimization
 - **MLX** - Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) optimization
 - **HIP** - AMD GPU acceleration
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ The build system automatically detects and configures for different hardware:
 Backends can specify hardware-specific dependencies:
 - `requirements.txt` - Base requirements
 - `requirements-cpu.txt` - CPU-specific packages
-- `requirements-cublas11.txt` - CUDA 11 packages
 - `requirements-cublas12.txt` - CUDA 12 packages
+- `requirements-cublas13.txt` - CUDA 13 packages
 - `requirements-intel.txt` - Intel-optimized packages
 - `requirements-mps.txt` - Apple Silicon packages