How To Install libarrayfire-opencl3 on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarrayfire-opencl3 on Ubuntu.

What is libarrayfire-opencl3

libarrayfire-opencl3 is:

ArrayFire is a high performance software library for parallel computing with an easy-to-use API. Its array based function set makes parallel programming simple.

ArrayFire’s multiple backends (CUDA, OpenCL and native CPU) make it platform independent and highly portable.

A few lines of code in ArrayFire can replace dozens of lines of parallel computing code, saving you valuable time and lowering development costs.

This package provides the OpenCL backend of the ArrayFire library.

There are three methods to install libarrayfire-opencl3 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libarrayfire-opencl3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libarrayfire-opencl3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libarrayfire-opencl3

Install libarrayfire-opencl3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libarrayfire-opencl3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libarrayfire-opencl3

Install libarrayfire-opencl3 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libarrayfire-opencl3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libarrayfire-opencl3

How To Uninstall libarrayfire-opencl3 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libarrayfire-opencl3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libarrayfire-opencl3

Uninstall libarrayfire-opencl3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libarrayfire-opencl3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libarrayfire-opencl3

Remove libarrayfire-opencl3 Configurations and Data

To remove libarrayfire-opencl3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libarrayfire-opencl3

Remove libarrayfire-opencl3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libarrayfire-opencl3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libarrayfire-opencl3

Dependencies

libarrayfire-opencl3 have the following dependencies:

• libblas3
• libc6
• libclblas2
• libclfft2
• libfreeimage3
• libgcc-s1
• liblapacke
• libstdc++6
• ocl-icd-libopencl1
• ocl-icd-libopencl1
• ocl-icd-libopencl1
• ocl-icd-libopencl1

References

• libarrayfire-opencl3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarrayfire-opencl3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.