How To Install ocl-icd-libopencl1 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 ocl-icd-libopencl1
on Ubuntu.
What is ocl-icd-libopencl1
ocl-icd-libopencl1 is:
OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a multivendor open standard for general-purpose parallel programming of heterogeneous systems that include CPUs, GPUs and other processors.
This package contains an installable client driver loader (ICD Loader) library that can be used to load any (free or non-free) installable client driver (ICD) for OpenCL. It acts as a demultiplexer so several ICD can be installed and used together.
There are three methods to install ocl-icd-libopencl1
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 ocl-icd-libopencl1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ocl-icd-libopencl1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocl-icd-libopencl1
Install ocl-icd-libopencl1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocl-icd-libopencl1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocl-icd-libopencl1
Install ocl-icd-libopencl1 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 ocl-icd-libopencl1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocl-icd-libopencl1
How To Uninstall ocl-icd-libopencl1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ocl-icd-libopencl1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocl-icd-libopencl1
Uninstall ocl-icd-libopencl1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocl-icd-libopencl1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocl-icd-libopencl1
Remove ocl-icd-libopencl1 Configurations and Data
To remove ocl-icd-libopencl1
configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocl-icd-libopencl1
Remove ocl-icd-libopencl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocl-icd-libopencl1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocl-icd-libopencl1
Dependencies
ocl-icd-libopencl1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocl-icd-libopencl1
package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.